само-

See also: само

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Prefixal form of the pronoun Bulgarian сам (sam, “alone, sole”). Cognate with Sanskrit सम्- (saṃ-, “whole”) (whence Bulgarian санскрит (sanskrit, “perfected form”)).

Suffix

само- • (samo-)

1. solo- (alone, only by oneself)

   In adjectives, participles:

   стоен (stoen, “standing”) → самостоен (samostoen, “isolated, standing by itself”)

   битен (biten, “existential”) → самобитен (samobiten, “distinctive, existing by itself”)

   In nouns:

   цел (cel, “goal”) → самоцел (samocel, “isolated goal”)

   обучение (obučenie, “education”) → самообучение (samoobučenie, “self-education, studying alone”)

2. auto- (unassisted, on one's own)

   In adjectives, participles:

   движен (dvižen, “driving, mobile”) → самодвижен (samodvižen, “automatic”)

   ходен (hoden, “walking”) → самоходен (samohoden, “automobile”)

   In nouns:

   тек (tek, “current, flow”) → самотек (samotek, “inertia, autoflow”)

   воз (voz, “vehicle”) → самовоз (samovoz, “automobile”)

3. self-, sui- (onto oneself)

   In adjectives, participles:

   отвържен (otvǎržen, “cast, ejected”) (dialectal) → самоотвържен (samootvǎržen, “selfless, self-rejecting”)

   зает (zaet, “employed”) → самозает (samozaet, “self-employed”)

   In nouns:

   защита (zaštita, “defense”) → самозащита (samozaštita, “self-defense”)

   деец (deec, “agent, activist”) → самодеец (samodeec, “amateur, self-made man”)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms prefixed with само-

Related terms

• само (samo, “only”)
• насаме (nasame, “in private”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

само- • (samo-)

1. Added to the names of mythological/supernatural entities:

   вила (vila, “nymph”) → самовила (samovila, “nymph”)

   дива (diva, “fairy, nymph”) → самодива (samodiva, “nymph”)

Macedonian

Prefix

само- • (samo-)

1. A prefix indicating a reflexive or individual action, akin to self- or auto-.

   ‎само- (samo-) + ‎убиство (ubistvo, “murder”) → ‎самоубиство (samoubistvo, “suicide”)

Russian

Etymology

Prefixed version of сам (sam, “self”); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səmə]
• IPA^(key): [ˌsamə]

Prefix

само- • (samo-)

1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)

Usage notes

• The prefix optionally bears secondary stress if two or more unstressed syllables intervene between the prefix and the following stressed syllable (e.g. in самолюбова́ние (samoljubovánije, “narcissism”), самопровозглашённый (samoprovozglašónnyj, “self-proclaimed”)), but not if fewer syllables intervene (e.g. in самоуби́йство (samoubíjstvo, “suicide”), самолёт (samoljót, “airplane”)).

Derived terms

Russian terms prefixed with само-

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

само- (Latin spelling samo-)

1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with само-

Ukrainian

Etymology

Prefixed version of сам (sam, “self”); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐmɔ ]

Prefix

само- • (samo-)

1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms prefixed with само-