sams

See also: Sams and SAMs

English

sams

sams

genitive masculine/neuter singular of samur (“the same (usually in negative expressions)”)

Borrowed from an extinct South Cushitic language. Compare with Iraqw isaama (“breasts”).^[1]

sams ? (dual, plural)

^ Words of apparent Arabic and CUSHITIC origin in Khoekhoe and Kalahari KHOE languages of southern Africa: how did they get there, and what are the implications?‎^[1], 2023, page 204

sams on Latvian Wikipedia

With Lithuanian šãmas inherited from Proto-Baltic, cognate to Proto-Slavic *sòmъ, further etymology unknown.

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sams m (1st declension)

wels catfish, sheatfish (a scaleless freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis)
puiši zivis šauda, saķēruši sirmu samu: liels kā teliņš, melns kā velniņš, plata mute, garas ūsas ― the boys shot the fish, (they had) caught a gray catfish: big as a little calf, black as the devil, wide mouth, long whiskers

sams

sams

From Old Swedish sams, from the adjective sam (“unchanged, similar”), ultimately from the root of samma (“same”).

sams (comparative mer sams, superlative mest sams)