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sam.

alone (oneself without company)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsam//ˈsam/Middle, Polish[ˈsam][ˈsam]

  1. alone (oneself without company)

    not-comparable · usually

  2. alone (oneself without help)

    not-comparable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Slavic *samъ Old Polish sam Polish sam Inherited from Old Polish sam.

adv/ˈsam//ˈsam/Middle, Polish[ˈsam][ˈsam]

  1. alone, by oneself, without company

    not-comparable · usually

  2. here (at this place)

    Middle · Polish · dialectal · not-comparable · usually · Łowicz
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Slavic *samъ Old Polish sam Polish sam Inherited from Old Polish sam.

noun/ˈsam//ˈsam/Middle, Polish[ˈsam][ˈsam]

  1. self-service shop

    colloquial · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Clipping of sklep samoobsługowy.

particle/ˈsam//ˈsam/Middle, Polish[ˈsam][ˈsam]

  1. emphatic determiner, used similarly to "no other than" or "the very", as in "I myself"; oneself

    Przygotowując intrygę przeciwko szefowi, pani Magdalena kazała swojej córce ubrać się skromnie, a sama założyła sukienkę z głębokim dekoltem.
    Poszedł do samego końca.

  2. by oneself, alone (by one's own volition or power, without outside help or encouragement)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Slavic *samъ Old Polish sam Polish sam Inherited from Old Polish sam.

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