там

See also: там., тям, and Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

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Adverb

там • (tam)

1. there

See also

• туды (tudy)
• адтуль (adtulʹ)

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• та́мо (támo) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am

Adverb

там • (tam) (not comparable)

1. there (in or at that place)

   Antonym: тук (tuk)

Derived terms

• дота́м (dotám)
• ната́м (natám)
• отта́м (ottám)
• та́мошен (támošen)

References

• “там”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “там”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “там”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 787

Anagrams

• мат (mat)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	تام
Cyrillic	там
Latin	tam

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tām.

Noun

там • (tam)

1. (dated) dugout, house, home
2. tomb, grave

Declension

Declension of там

	singular	plural
nominative	там (tam)	тамдар (tamdar)
genitive	тамның (tamnıŋ)	тамдардың (tamdardıŋ)
dative	тамға (tamğa)	тамдарға (tamdarğa)
accusative	тамды (tamdı)	тамдарды (tamdardı)
locative	тамда (tamda)	тамдарда (tamdarda)
ablative	тамнан (tamnan)	тамдардан (tamdardan)
instrumental	таммен (tammen)	тамдармен (tamdarmen)
similative	тамдай (tamday)	тамдарда (tamdarda)

Synonyms

• бейіт (beyit)
• қорым (qorım)
• мола (mola)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Old Uyghur [script needed] (tamu), itself borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.

Noun

там • (tam) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠮᠤ (tamu))

1. hell

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *ta

Proto-Slavic *-mo

Proto-Slavic *tamo

Old Slovak tam

Pannonian Rusyn там

Inherited from Old Slovak tam, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: там

Adverb

там (tam) (not comparable)

1. there, over there

   Antonym: ту (tu)

   ту и там ― tu i tam ― here and there

   там мой дом ― tam moj dom ― there's my house

Derived terms

adverbs

• гев-там (hev-tam)
• дзе-там (dze-tam)

Related terms

adverbs

• тамадз (tamadz)

adjectives

• тамтейши (tamtejši)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “там”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 845
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “there”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 327

Russian

Alternative forms

• тамъ (tam) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

• Audio:

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Adverb

там • (tam)

1. there

   Antonyms: тут (tut), здесь (zdesʹ)

2. (colloquial) used to reference another topic in a list; next, then, else

   Synonyms: потом (potom), затем (zatem), впоследствии (vposledstvii)

   • 2010 October 6, Николай Мороз [Nikolay Moroz], Мы умирали за героин и нефть... (армейская, гитара) [We've been dying for heroin and oil... (army song, guitar)]‎^[1]:

     Но что там на повестке дня
     Вчера прошли Афганистан
     Сегодня наша цель Чечня

     No što tam na povestke dnja
     Včera prošli Afganistan
     Sevodnja naša celʹ Čečnja

     But what's next on today's agenda
     Afghanistan passed yesterday
     Our goal is Chechnya today

Particle

там • (tam)

1. Filler word, generally before or after stating some example or quality that required thought to find the best word(s)

   На него́ есть, там, поло́ски. ― Na nevó jestʹ, tam, polóski. ― It has, you know, stripes on it.

   То есть, ты, наприме́р, мог непра́вильно сказа́ть, там: «Я зову́т». ― To jestʹ, ty, naprimér, mog neprávilʹno skazátʹ, tam: «Ja zovút». ― So, for example, you could incorrectly say, you know, "Я зовут".

See also

• отту́да (ottúda)
• туда́ (tudá)

Anagrams

• мат (mat)

Southern Altai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm). Cognate with Kazakh дәм (däm), Kyrgyz даам (daam), Bashkir тәм (təm), Tatar тәм (täm), Turkmen tagam, Uzbek taʻm, Uyghur تەم (tem), etc.

Noun

там • (tam)

1. taste

Declension

Inflection of там

	singular	plural
absolute	там (tam)	тамдар (tamdar)
definite genitive	тамныҥ (tamnïŋ)	тамдардыҥ (tamdardïŋ)
dative	тамга (tamga)	тамдарга (tamdarga)
definite accusative	тамды (tamdï)	тамдарды (tamdardï)
locative	тамда (tamda)	тамдарда (tamdarda)
ablative	тамнаҥ (tamnaŋ)	тамдардаҥ (tamdardaŋ)

Derived terms

• таамду (taamdu)

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “там”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

• Audio:

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Adverb

там • (tam)

1. there

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “там”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka