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tam

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Translingual

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tam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tamil.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Short for tam o'shanter.

Noun

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tam (plural tams)

  1. Clipping 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.

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From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔／担.

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tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Adverb

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tam

  1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
    Mən kitabı hələ tam oxumamışam. ― I have not finished reading the book.
  2. completely, really
    Mən bu məsələni tam başa düşmədim. ― I haven't really understood this issue.

Etymology 2

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From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

Noun

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tam (definite accusative tamı, plural tamlar)

  1. taste
    Synonym: dad
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    Declension of tam
singular plural
nominative tam
 tamlar
definite accusative tamı
 tamları
dative tama
 tamlara
locative tamda
 tamlarda
ablative tamdan
 tamlardan
definite genitive tamın
 tamların
    Possessive forms of tam
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamım tamlarım
sənin (“your”) tamın tamların
onun (“his/her/its”) tamı tamları
bizim (“our”) tamımız tamlarımız
sizin (“your”) tamınız tamlarınız
onların (“their”) tamı or tamları tamları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamımı tamlarımı
sənin (“your”) tamını tamlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) tamını tamlarını
bizim (“our”) tamımızı tamlarımızı
sizin (“your”) tamınızı tamlarınızı
onların (“their”) tamını or tamlarını tamlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamıma tamlarıma
sənin (“your”) tamına tamlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) tamına tamlarına
bizim (“our”) tamımıza tamlarımıza
sizin (“your”) tamınıza tamlarınıza
onların (“their”) tamına or tamlarına tamlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamımda tamlarımda
sənin (“your”) tamında tamlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) tamında tamlarında
bizim (“our”) tamımızda tamlarımızda
sizin (“your”) tamınızda tamlarınızda
onların (“their”) tamında or tamlarında tamlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamımdan tamlarımdan
sənin (“your”) tamından tamlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) tamından tamlarından
bizim (“our”) tamımızdan tamlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) tamınızdan tamlarınızdan
onların (“their”) tamından or tamlarından tamlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tamımın tamlarımın
sənin (“your”) tamının tamlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) tamının tamlarının
bizim (“our”) tamımızın tamlarımızın
sizin (“your”) tamınızın tamlarınızın
onların (“their”) tamının or tamlarının tamlarının
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Further reading

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  • “tam” in Obastan.com.

Chewong

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Noun

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tam

  1. water

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Crimean Tatar

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Adjective

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tam

  1. teeming, full

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

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Adverb

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tam

  1. there (in or at that place or location)
  2. there (to or into that place)
    Antonyms: zpět, zpátky

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Further reading

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  • “tam”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “tam”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “tam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

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tam

  1. tame

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Inflection of tam
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular tam tammere tammest2
Indefinite 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.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

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Adjective

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tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

  1. tame, not wild
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Declension

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Declension of tam
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 —

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: tam
  • Negerhollands: teem

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tam.

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Adverb

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tam

  1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

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  • kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

Kabyle

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Kabyle cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : tam
    Arabic loanword : tmanya

Etymology

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From Proto-Berber.

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Numeral

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tam (feminine tamet)

  1. eight
    Synonym: tmanya

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

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tam (not comparable)

  1. there
    Coordinate term: tu

Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]
  • “tam”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Kwama

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Noun

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tam

  1. honey

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  • Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎[4], SIL International

Lashi

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Verb

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tam

  1. to make something level

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

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Etymology

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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.[1]

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Adverb

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tam (not comparable)

  1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
    Synonyms: adeō, eō, tantopere, tantum
    Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet.
    Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

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Often coupled with quam.

  1. 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

Often sets off a subjunctive clause of result.

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Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

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  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: tan
    • Mozarabic: תן (tn)
    • Old Leonese: [Term?]
      • Asturian: tan
      • Extremaduran: tan
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: tan
    • Spanish: tan

References

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  • “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[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 606

Latvian

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Pronoun

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tam

  1. to that; dative singular masculine of tas

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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  • The dative and adverbial forms have one pronunciation, while the locative form has another.
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tám

  1. dative singular masculine of tàs
    tám výrui ― to that man

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tám

  1. for that purpose
  2. so that, in order to [followed by kàd + a subordinate clause, often in the subjunctive]
    Válgo daržóves tám, kàd bū́tų sveĩkas. ― (He) eats vegetables in order to be healthy.

Pronoun

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tam̃

  1. Alternative form of tamè: locative singular masculine of tàs
    tam̃ miestè ― in that city

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

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Adverb

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tam

  1. there (in that place)

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  • 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 English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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tam

  1. Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

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Pronoun

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tam

  1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

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Central Kurdish تام (tam)

tam ?

  1. taste
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Adverb

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tam

  1. precisely, exactly

Etymology 3

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From Old Anatolian Turkish طام (d̥am).

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Noun

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tam ?

  1. house, building, structure

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tamr.

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tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tamr.

Adjective

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tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated
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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *tam.

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Adjective

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tam

  1. tame

Declension

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Declension of tam — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tam tamu, tamo tam
Accusative tamne tame tam
Genitive tames tamre tames
Dative tamum tamre tamum
Instrumental tame tamre tame
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tame tama, tame tamu, tamo
Accusative tame tama, tame tamu, tamo
Genitive tamra tamra tamra
Dative tamum tamum tamum
Instrumental tamum tamum tamum
Declension of tam — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tama tame tame
Accusative taman taman tame
Genitive taman taman taman
Dative taman taman taman
Instrumental taman taman taman
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative taman taman taman
Accusative taman taman taman
Genitive tamra, tamena tamra, tamena tamra, tamena
Dative tamum tamum tamum
Instrumental tamum tamum tamum

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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo. First attested in the 14th century.

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Adverb

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tam

  1. there (at that place)
  2. there, thither (to that place)

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References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “tam”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “2. tam”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish tam.

Adverb

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tam (not comparable)

  1. there (at that place)
    Coordinate term: tu
  2. there, thither (to that place)
    Synonym: dotąd
    Coordinate term: tu

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Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (adverb) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 34 times in scientific texts, 35 times in news, 70 times in essays, 148 times in fiction, and 216 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 503 times, making it the 87th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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tam

  1. contrastive particle
    Ja tam to lubię. ― Yeah well I like it.
  2. (colloquial) particle that reduces the importance of something some
    coś tam ― something or other
  3. (colloquial) particle that marks a statement as inadequately describing something

Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (particle) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 0 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 105 times, making it the 593rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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tam f

  1. genitive plural of tama

References

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “tam (adverb)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 595
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “tam (particle)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 595

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Portuguese

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Adverb

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tam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tão.

Salar

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tam- (“to drip”). Cognate with Southern Altai тамар (tamar, “to drip”), Turkish damlamak.

Verb

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tam

  1. (intransitive) to drip

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tam”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká, Moscow

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

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tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) there
    Synonym: tamo

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish tam.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

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tam

  1. there (at that place)
    Synonyms: (regional) hań, (Cieszyń) hanej, (Cieszyń) han
    Coordinate terms: sam, tukej, tu

Particle

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tam

  1. (expressive) particle that highlights the similarities of something

Further reading

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  • tam in dykcjonorz.eu
  • tam in silling.org

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

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Adverb

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tam

  1. there
    Antonym: tu
  2. thither
    Synonym: ta
    Antonym: sem

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

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Adverb

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tȁm

  1. there, in that place

Further reading

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  • “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

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tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

  1. tame (not afraid of people)
  2. (often in compounds) domestic, domesticated
    Synonym: domesticerad

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Inflection of tam
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

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Tatar

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Noun

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tam

  1. wall

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish تام (tam, “complete, exact; completely, exactly”), from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

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Adjective

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tam

  1. complete, absolute
  2. full, entire

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Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo. Cognate with Lower Sorbian tam.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: tam
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

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tam

  1. there

References

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  • “tam” in Soblex

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Romanization

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tam

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 三
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Etymology 2

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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”).

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tam • (三)

  1. (obsolete) younger sibling

Zazaki

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Noun

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tam

  1. taste

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