See also: ам

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), from Proto-Slavic *ěsti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ja̟m]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -am

Verb edit

ям (jam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to eat, to consume
    Synonyms: храня се (hranja se), консумирам (konsumiram)
  2. (transitive) to cause someone to worry, to eat, to pester, to badger, to nag
    Какво те яде?
    Kakvo te jade?
    What's worrying you?

Conjugation edit

Erzya edit

 
Панго ям.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *jam, possibly inherited from Proto-Uralic *jamɜ (mash, soup (made of fish flour, blood, meat)).

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Noun edit

ям (jam)

  1. soup

Declension edit

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Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Turkic, eventually Chinese or Mongolian. There is no scholarly consensus regarding the direction of borrowing. Generally, it is believed that Turkic jam and Chinese zhàn are loanwords from Mongolian ǰam, however, some (e.g. Tuymebayev in Казахско-монгольские лексические параллели) believe the directionality is reversed (i.e. Chinese "to stand > stand > station" → Middle Mongol → Turkic → Russian). Whatever the etymology, what is apparent is that the word jam has been around for a long time and was used by Central Asians to designate a key postal relay station or official. Compare Mongolian зам (zam).

Noun edit

ям (jamm inan (genitive я́ма, nominative plural я́мы, genitive plural я́мов, relational adjective ямско́й)

  1. (historical) mail staging post
Declension edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ям (jamf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of я́ма (jáma)

Further reading edit

  • ям in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru