"-sam" meaning in German

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      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "erholsam"
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      "word": "gehorsam"
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      "word": "gelehrsam"
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    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "lenksam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "seltsam"
    },
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "tugendsam"
    },
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "vergnügsam"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "-sam"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *somHós",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-some"
      },
      "expansion": "English -some",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-zaam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -zaam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "samo",
        "t": "the same"
      },
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tugend (“virtue”) + -sam → tugendsam (“of virtue, virtuous”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "aufmerken (“to observe”) + -sam → aufmerksam (“observant, attentive”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "lang (“long, lengthy”) + -sam → langsam (“slow”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form adjectives from verbs, nouns, and other adjectives; expressing similarity or the possession of a quality."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
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      ]
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          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "biegen (“to bend”) + -sam → biegsam (“flexible, bendable”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form adjectives from verbs; expressing the ability to undergo some action."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "-bar"
        },
        {
          "word": "-abel"
        }
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/zaːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zam/"
    },
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    "German lemmas",
    "German suffixes",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "einfügsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "erholsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "gehorsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "gelehrsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "lenksam"
    },
    {
      "word": "seltsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "tugendsam"
    },
    {
      "word": "vergnügsam"
    }
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "*somHós"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-some"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-zaam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -zaam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "samo",
        "t": "the same"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German samo (“the same”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German -sam, from Old High German -sam, from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Cognate with English -some and Dutch -zaam. Related also to Old High German samo (“the same”) and sama (“similary”).",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
          "text": "Tugend (“virtue”) + -sam → tugendsam (“of virtue, virtuous”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "aufmerken (“to observe”) + -sam → aufmerksam (“observant, attentive”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "lang (“long, lengthy”) + -sam → langsam (“slow”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "biegen (“to bend”) + -sam → biegsam (“flexible, bendable”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form adjectives from verbs; expressing the ability to undergo some action."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "-bar"
        },
        {
          "word": "-abel"
        }
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/zaːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zam/"
    },
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