esam
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare scuam.
Noun edit
esam m (plural esams)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.sam/, [ˈɛs̠ä̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.sam/, [ˈɛːs̬äm]
Participle edit
ēsam
Verb edit
esam
- Early Latin form of eram
Latvian edit
Verb edit
esam
- (we) are; first-person plural present indicative of būt
Participle edit
esam (invariable)
- (somewhat rare, poetic, used with the equally poetic reflexive forms of sacīt, teikt - sacīties, teikties) being; adverbial object-of-perception present active participle of būt
- LVC sakās esam neziņā par negodīgu praksi ceļu būvē.
- LVC (Latvian State Roads) claims to being unaware of unscrupulous practices in road construction.
- Viņš teicās esam slims. ― He claimed to being sick.