само-
See also: само and Appendix:Variations of "samo"
Bulgarian
editEtymology 1
editPrefixal form of the pronoun Bulgarian сам (sam, “alone, sole”). Cognate with Sanskrit सम्- (saṃ-, “whole”) (whence Bulgarian санскрит (sanskrit, “perfected form”)).
Suffix
editсамо- • (samo-)
- solo- (alone, only by oneself)
- In adjectives, participles:
- In nouns:
- цел (cel, “goal”) → самоцел (samocel, “isolated goal”)
- обучение (obučenie, “education”) → самообучение (samoobučenie, “self-education, studying alone”)
- auto- (unassisted, on one's own)
- 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”)
- In adjectives, participles:
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
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Suffix
editсамо- • (samo-)
- Added to the names of mythological/supernatural entities:
Anagrams
edit- сома (soma)
Macedonian
editPrefix
editсамо- • (samo-)
- A prefix indicating a reflexive or individual action, akin to self- or auto-.
- само- (samo-) + убиство (ubistvo, “murder”) → самоубиство (samoubistvo, “suicide”)
Russian
editEtymology
editPrefixed version of сам (sam, “self”); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editсамо- • (samo-)
Usage notes
edit- 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
editSerbo-Croatian
editPrefix
editсамо- (Latin spelling samo-)
Derived terms
editUkrainian
editEtymology
editPrefixed version of сам (sam, “self”); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editсамо- • (samo-)
Derived terms
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- Bulgarian prefixes
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- Macedonian prefixes
- Russian 2-syllable words
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- Serbo-Croatian prefixes
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian terms with audio pronunciation
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