zams

See also: Zams and ZAMS

English

Noun

zams

  1. plural of zam

Latgalian

Adjective

zams

  1. low

Old Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1426.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /za(ː)ms/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /zams/, /zɒms/

Noun

zams m animacy unattested

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (architecture) horizontal projection in a wall; cornice with various purposes
      • 1874 [1426], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎[1], volume XVI, page 991:
        In secunda sala faciat transitum in medio castri circumquaque *sambsy et asseribus circumdabit
        [In secunda sala faciat transitum in medio castri circumquaque zam[b]sy et asseribus circumdabit]
      • 1874 [1426], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎[2], volume XVI, page 991:
        Item ante domos faciat duos parietes cum fenestris et [super] columpnas pendebit pons in vlg. czegbroke, et totum pontem faciat modo meliori cum *sampsy et in medio pontis faciat in quatuor columpnis et tegat sessionem et ligaturas al. porancze
        [Item ante domos faciat duos parietes cum fenestris et [super] columpnas pendebit pons in vlg. cegbroke, et totum pontem faciat modo meliori cum zam[b]sy et in medio pontis faciat in quatuor columpnis et tegat sessionem et ligaturas al. poręcze]

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