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samoyed

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsæməjɛd/
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/ˈsæməjɛd/ · /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/

Definition of samoyed

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
    “The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions”
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noun

  1. A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
    “The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions”
  2. A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
  3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to this people.
    “some Samoyed musicians performed pieces of similar cacophony on an assortment of instruments - hand drums and finger cymbals and pipes resembling our fagotto and dulzaina.”

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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."

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