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Meaning of -saam | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

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

morpheme

Examples

“selde (“rarely”) + -saam → seldsaam (“rare”)”
“spraak (“speech”) + -saam → spraaksaam (“talkative”)”
“spaar (“to save”) + -saam → spaarsaam (“frugal”)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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