-saam

See also: Saam and saam

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch -zaam, from Middle Dutch -sam, from Old Dutch -sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from *samaz (“same”). Cognate with English -some, German -sam, Old Norse -samr.

Suffix

-saam

1. Used to form adjectives of the base word's quality; compare English -able, English -some.

   ‎selde (“rarely”) + ‎-saam → ‎seldsaam (“rare”)

   ‎spraak (“speech”) + ‎-saam → ‎spraaksaam (“talkative”)

   ‎spaar (“to save”) + ‎-saam → ‎spaarsaam (“frugal”)

Derived terms

Afrikaans terms suffixed with -saam

spraaksaam

voedsaam

werksaam

See also

-baar