zam
English
Interjection
zam
- shortened form of kazaam
- 1945, The Author and Journalist (volumes 30-31, page 9)
- Then suddenly — Zam! Zowie! Smash! The Post sends back an article which I was positive it would buy, and which, in fact, it had ordered. One manuscript after another is flung back into my face […]
- 2007, J. W. Brodie-Innes, The Devil's Mistress (page 21)
- You never know when some enemy of the Free World might worm his or her way into your confidence and then — ZAM! Wipe you out.
- 1945, The Author and Journalist (volumes 30-31, page 9)
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German zam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“tame”). Cognate with German zahm, Dutch tam, English tame, Icelandic tamur.
References
- “zam” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 68.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German zam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz. The vowel may be influenced by cognate German zahm. Luxembourgish zam(m) is the expected outcome of the uninflected stem, but one might expect *zuem, *zumm from the inflected forms instead. Also cognate with Dutch tam, English tame.
Declension
declension of zam
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass zam | si ass zam | et ass zam | si si(nn) zam | |
without article | nominative/accusative | zamen | zam | zaamt | zam |
dative | zamem | zamer | zamem | zamen | |
with article | nominative/accusative | zamen | zam | zaamt | zam |
dative | zamen | zamer | zamen | zamen |
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tamaz, whence also Old English tam, Old Norse tamr
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʐɑm]
Noun
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | zam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | zammı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | zam | zamlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | zammı | zamları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | zamma | zamlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | zamda | zamlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | zamdan | zamlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | zammın | zamların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonyms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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