sama 3 “suit”

“be suitable, appropriate”

common

transitive (dat)/intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek sami 1pl vér sǫmum 1sg ek sama 1pl vér samim
2sg þú samir 2pl þér samið 2sg þú samir 2pl þér samið
3sg hon samir 3pl þau sama 3sg hon sami 3pl þau sami
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek samða 1pl vér sǫmðum 1sg ek semða 1pl vér semðim
2sg þú samðir 2pl þér sǫmðuð 2sg þú semðir 2pl þér semðið
3sg hon samði 3pl þau sǫmðu 3sg hon semði 3pl þau semði
preterite infinitive sǫmðu
past participle f. sǫmuð m. samaðr n. samat
imperative 2sg sam 1pl sǫmum 2pl samið
middle voice: samask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek sǫmumk 1pl vér sǫmumk 1sg ek sǫmumk 1pl vér samimk
2sg þú samisk 2pl þér samizk 2sg þú samisk 2pl þér samizk
3sg hon samisk 3pl þau samask 3sg hon samisk 3pl þau samisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek sǫmðumk 1pl vér sǫmðumk 1sg ek semðumk 1pl vér semðimk
2sg þú samðisk 2pl þér sǫmðuzk 2sg þú semðisk 2pl þér semðizk
3sg hon samðisk 3pl þau sǫmðusk 3sg hon semðisk 3pl þau semðisk
past participle n. samazk
imperative 2sg samsk 1pl sǫmumk 2pl samizk

Shares a root with the adverb PG *samana, ON saman, OE (to)samne, ME smen, Dutch samen tezamen, German (zu)sammen “together” and the adjective PG *samaz, ON samr, which gave rise to OE same, ME sāme, MnE same; further Latin similis “similar.” Related also to the verb ON safna 2 “gather,” OE samnian 2, Dutch (ver)zamelen, German sammeln, and ON semja “put together.” Variants sóma, sœma, preterite samdi, participle samdr. The whole preterite system (in variant forms) coincides with that of semja 1 “put together.”

assimilation

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