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сам

adjective
daily used word (top 100)

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ourselves

Also: yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

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Двуо́кись углеро́да сама́ по себе не яд. Carbon dioxide is not a poison in itself.
К его изумле́нию, э́та дверь открыва́лась сама́ по себе. To his amazement, the door opened all by itself.
Ты сам мне так сказа́л. You told me so yourself.
После сме́рти своего́ му́жа она воспита́ла четырех дете́й сама́. After her husband's death, she brought up the four children by herself.
Сам ка́шу завари́л, сам и расхлёбывай. If you make your bed, you've got to lie in it.
Она пришла́ туда сама́. She went there by herself.
Он был вдов, но через год после сва́дьбы сы́на не вы́держал и сам жени́лся. He was a widower, but a year after his son's wedding, he could not hold it any longer and also got married.
Са́ми э́того не зна́ли. You didn't know that either.
Само́ заживёт. It'll cure itself naturally.
Он сам так сказа́л. He said it himself.

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Declension

	mmasculine	ffeminin	nneuter	plplural
nom. nominative	са́м	сама́	само́	са́ми
gen. genitive	самого́	само́й	самого́	сами́х
dat. dative	самому́	само́й	самому́	сами́м
acc. accusative	са́м самого́	саму́ самое́	само́	са́ми сами́х
inst. instrumental	сами́м	само́й самою́	сами́м	сами́ми
prep. prepositional	само́м	само́й	само́м	сами́х