tam
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
tam
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Short for tam o'shanter.
NounEdit
tam (plural tams)
- Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
- 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.
Etymology 2Edit
From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔/担.
NounEdit
tam (plural tams)
- Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
AnagramsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
tam
- (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
- Mən kitabı hələ tam oxumamışam. ― I have not finished reading the book.
- completely, really
- Mən bu məsələni tam başa düşmədim. ― I haven't really understood this issue.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tam (definite accusative tamnı, plural tamlar)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tam | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | tam |
tamlar | ||||||
definite accusative | tamı |
tamları | ||||||
dative | tama |
tamlara | ||||||
locative | tamda |
tamlarda | ||||||
ablative | tamdan |
tamlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | tamın |
tamların |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tam” in Obastan.com.
ChewongEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tam
ReferencesEdit
- Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. p. 128.
- Kruspe, N. (2009). Ceq Wong vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmoor, U. (eds.). World Loanword Database.
Crimean TatarEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam
ReferencesEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Czech tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.
AdjectiveEdit
tam
InflectionEdit
Inflection of tam | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | tam | tammere | tammest2 |
Neuter singular | tamt | tammere | tammest2 |
Plural | tamme | tammere | tammest2 |
Definite attributive1 | tamme | tammere | tammeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
ReferencesEdit
- “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)
- tame, not wild
- (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland
InflectionEdit
Inflection of tam | ||||
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uninflected | tam | |||
inflected | tamme | |||
comparative | tammer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | tam | tammer | het tamst het tamste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | tamme | tammere | tamste |
n. sing. | tam | tammer | tamste | |
plural | tamme | tammere | tamste | |
definite | tamme | tammere | tamste | |
partitive | tams | tammers | — |
DescendantsEdit
AnagramsEdit
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam
See alsoEdit
- kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)
KabyleEdit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : tam Arabic loanword : tmanya | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Berber.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tam (feminine tamet)
KashubianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
tam
KwamaEdit
NounEdit
tam
ReferencesEdit
- Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[3], SIL International
LashiEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
tam
ReferencesEdit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *sei, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Compare with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam (not comparable)
Usage notesEdit
Often coupled with quam.
- Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"
- Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:
- Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
- But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult
- Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
Often "tips off" a subjunctive clause of result.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aragonese: tan
- Asturian: tan
- Catalan: tan
- Extremaduran: tan
- Fala: tan
- French: tant
- Galician: tan
- Italian: tanto
- Guernsey Norman: tànt
- Jersey Norman: tant
- Old Catalan: tan
- Navarro-Aragonese: tan
- Old Portuguese: tan
- Old Spanish: tan
- Portuguese: tam, tão
- Sicilian: tantu
- Spanish: tan, tamaño (first element)
- Walloon: tan
ReferencesEdit
- “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
- amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
- amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
LatvianEdit
PronounEdit
tam
LithuanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- The dative and adverbial forms have one pronunciation, while the locative form has another.
PronounEdit
tám
AdverbEdit
tám
- for that purpose
- so that, in order to [followed by kàd + a subordinate clause, often in the subjunctive]
PronounEdit
tam̃
Further readingEdit
- “tam”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “tam”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam
- there (in that place)
Further readingEdit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tam”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tam”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
tam
- Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
tam
- (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)
Northern KurdishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
Central Kurdish | تام (tam) |
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tam ?
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Anatolian Turkish طام (d̥am).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tam ?
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *tam.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old Polish tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronounEdit
tam
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
tam f
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
AdverbEdit
tam (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of tão
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
AdverbEdit
tam (Cyrillic spelling там)
SynonymsEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tam
SynonymsEdit
- (thither): ta
AntonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- tam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tȁm
- there, in that place
Further readingEdit
- “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.
AdjectiveEdit
tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)
- tame (not wild), domesticated
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of tam | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tam | tamare | tamast |
Neuter singular | tamt | tamare | tamast |
Plural | tama | tamare | tamast |
Masculine plural3 | tame | tamare | tamast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tame | tamare | tamaste |
All | tama | tamare | tamaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
TatarEdit
NounEdit
tam
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish تام (tam, “complete, exact; completely, exactly”), from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
tam
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 480
Upper SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
AdverbEdit
tam
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 三 (“three”).
NumeralEdit
tam
- (only in compounds) three
Derived termsEdit
- Hội Tam Điểm (會三點, “Freemasonry”)
- tam giác (三角, “triangle”)
- tam tiêu (三焦, “triple burner”)
- tam đoạn luận (三段論, “syllogism”)
- thuyền tam bản (船三板, “sampan”)
- đàn tam (彈三, “samisen”)
See alsoEdit
- (native) ba
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Vietic *k-saːm. Cognate with Arem katʰæːm, Thavung saːm¹, Kuy sɛːm, Khmu [Cuang] hɛːm.
The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound 三 (anh tam, “elder brother and younger sibling”).
NounEdit
- (obsolete) younger sibling
- 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “述興 Thuật hứng 19”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
- 𡶀廊盈𪀄部伴
𩄲客次月三- Núi láng diềng, chim bầu bạn,
Mây khách thứa, nguyệt anh tam. - Mountains as neighbors, birds are friends,
Clouds as guests, the moon is my kin.
- Núi láng diềng, chim bầu bạn,
ZazakiEdit
NounEdit
tam