sams

See also: Sams and SAMs

English

Noun

sams

1. plural of sam

Anagrams

• MSAs, mass, Mass, Mass., SMAs, MSSA, SMSA, ASMS, ASMs

Latvian

Sams

Etymology

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

Noun

sams m (1st declension)

1. 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

Declension

Declension of sams (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sams	sami
accusative (akuzatīvs)	samu	samus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sama	samu
dative (datīvs)	samam	samiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	samu	samiem
locative (lokatīvs)	samā	samos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sam	sami

Old Norse

Adjective

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr

Determiner

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr

Swedish

Adjective

sams (comparative mer sams, superlative mest sams)

1. not quarreling; getting along and on good terms

   Antonym: osams

   Barnen har varit sams hela dagen ― The children have gotten along all day

   De kunde inte hålla sams ― They couldn't keep from fighting

Usage notes

• Often used with hålla. Att hålla sams means to not quarrel.

Related terms

• samsas

See also

• komma överens
• sämja