zam

See also: Zam, ZAM, and Zam.

English

Interjection

zam

  1. 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.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German zam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“tame”). Cognate with German zahm, Dutch tam, English tame, Icelandic tamur.

Adjective

zam (Uri)

  1. tame, gentle
  2. (of weather) mild

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tsaːm/
    • Rhymes: -aːm
    • Homophone: Zam

Adjective

zam (masculine zamen, neuter zaamt, comparative méi zam, superlative am zaamsten)

  1. tame

Declension
declension of zam
number and gender singular plural
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

Antonyms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz, whence also Old English tam, Old Norse tamr

Adjective

zam

  1. tame

Descendants
  • Middle High German: zam

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمّ‎ (ḍamm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʐɑm]

Noun

zam (definite accusative zammı, plural zamlar)

  1. surcharge
  2. increase in price
    Benzinden sonra dizeli de zam vurdu.
    After gasoline an increase in price also hit diesel.
  3. salary raise
    Memurlara %17 zam verdik.
    We gave civil servants a 17% salary raise.

Declension
Inflection
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
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular zammım zamlarım
2nd singular zammın zamların
3rd singular zammı zamları
1st plural zammımız zamlarımız
2nd plural zammınız zamlarınız
3rd plural zamları zamları

Antonyms
References
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