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-saam
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Saam saam
Afrikaans
Etymology
af nl -zaam, from af dum -sam, from af odt -sam, from af gem-pro *-samaz, from gem-pro *samaz same. Cognate with en -some, de -sam, non -samr.
Suffix
af suffix adjective-forming suffixes
Used to form adjectives of the base word's quality; compare en -able, en -some.
af selde rarely seldsaam rare
af spraak speech spraaksaam talkative
af spaar to save spaarsaam frugal
Derived terms
af
See also
af -baar