zaam
See also: -zaam
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German zam, from Old High German zam, from Proto-West Germanic *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɔːm/
- Rhymes: -ɔːm
- Hyphenation: zaam
Adjective
zaam (comparative zaamer, superlative zaamest)
- docile, domesticated, meek, tame
- Die Katz is zaam ― the cat is tame
- en zaames Dier ― a domesticated animal
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| weak inflection | nominative | zaam | zaam | zaam | zaame |
| accusative | zaame | zaam | zaam | zaame | |
| dative | zaame | zaame | zaame | zaame | |
| strong inflection | nominative | zaamer | zaame | zaames | zaame |
| accusative | zaame | zaame | zaames | zaame | |
| dative | zaamem | zaamer | zaamem | zaame | |
Derived terms
verbs
- zaame
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zaam”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 179