Samoyed

See also: samoyed

English

A Samoyed dog sitting.

Etymology

From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”).

In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæməjɛd/, /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/

Noun

Samoyed (plural Samoyeds or Samoyed)

1. (anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
   • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of other Northerne people adioyning to the Tartars.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 363:

     The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions

2. (zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

   Synonyms: Sammie, Sammy, Smiley (endearing nicknames)

Translations

person

• Catalan: samoiede m, samoieda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩莫耶德人／萨莫耶德人 (sàmòyédérén), 薩摩耶人／萨摩耶人 (sàmóyérén)

• Czech: Samojed (cs) m
• Finnish: samojedi (fi)
• French: Samoyède (fr) sg
• Japanese: サモエード人 (samoēdojin), サモイェード (samoyēdo)
• Russian: самоди́ец (ru) m (samodíjec), не́нец (ru) m (nénec), самое́д (ru) m (samojéd) (dated)
• Spanish: samoyedo m

dog

• Catalan: samoiede m
• Czech: samojed (cs) m
• Finnish: samojedi (fi), samojedinkoira (fi)
• French: samoyède (fr) sg
• Japanese: サモエド犬 (samoedoken)
• Macedonian: самојед m (samojed)
• Malay: anjing Samoyed
• Russian: самое́д (ru) m (samojéd), самое́дская ла́йка f (samojédskaja lájka), самое́дская соба́ка f (samojédskaja sobáka)
• Spanish: samoyedo m

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