See also: -eam and ΕΑΜ

English [ edit ]

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eame

eme ( Scottish )

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom.

Noun [ edit ]

eam (plural eams)

( dialectal or obsolete ) Uncle. 2011, Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622: James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.

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Pronoun [ edit ]

eam

accusative feminine is singular of her", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns).

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eam

Old English [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

Contracted from earlier *ēahām, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz, from *haimaz (“intimate, close”) and *awô (“grandfather”), Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”); cognate with Latin avus (“grandfather”), avunculus (“uncle”), dialectal Russian уй (uj, “maternal uncle”), Ukrainian вуй (vuj, “uncle”), all from Proto-Indo-European *awos, *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian ēm, Middle Dutch oom (Dutch oom), Old High German oheim (German Oheim, Ohm).

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ēam m (nominative plural ēamas)

uncle ( especially maternal )

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of eam (strong a-stem) Case Singular Plural nominative ēam ēamas accusative ēam ēamas genitive ēames ēama dative ēame ēamum

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Descendants [ edit ]

Middle English: eme eem English: eam Scots: eme , eyme eym



Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Proto-Germanic *immi (“I am”), a form of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”). More at am.

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eam

eom Alternative form of

Teop [ edit ]

Pronoun [ edit ]

eam

you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, plural)