sám

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sám, from Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaːm]
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Pronoun

sám m

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself
    Již sám velký mistr to říkal.The great master already said it himself.

Adjective

sám

  1. alone, by oneself
    Nechci být sám.I don't want to be alone.
    Odtud půjdeš sama.From here you go alone.
  2. lonely

Declension

Declension of sám (irregular)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative sám sama samo
genitive samého samé samého
dative samému samé samému
accusative sama, samého sám samu samo
locative samém samé samém
instrumental samým samou samým
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative sami samy sama
genitive samých
dative samým
accusative samy sama
locative samých
instrumental samými, samýma

Derived terms

Further reading

Maleng

Numeral

sám

  1. eight

Old Czech

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsaːm/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsaːm/

    Pronoun

    sám m

    1. self, oneself, alone

    Declension

    Declension of sám (hard pronominal)
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sám sama samo
    genitive samoho, sama samé samoho, sama
    dative samomu, samu samej, saméj samomu, samu
    accusative samoho, sama, sám samu samo
    locative samom samej, saméj samom
    instrumental samiem samú samiem
    dual
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sama samě
    genitive samú
    dative saměma
    accusative sama samě
    locative samú
    instrumental saměma
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sami samy sama
    genitive saměch
    dative saměm
    accusative samy sama
    locative saměch
    instrumental saměmi

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Czech: sám

    References

    Old Norse

    Verb

    sám

    1. first-person plural present indicative active of
    2. first-person plural past indicative active of sjá