Today's question isnt as "urgent" as the ones I usually ask , but something rather interesting
If you search for 様's meaning, you're gonna find the following "Polite suffix, manner, way, situation"
this refer's to さま as the polite suffix and よう, as in 同様。 (Kanji details for 様 - Denshi Jisho
There are, however, a few uses for さま in japanese such as:
1 - さまざまな
2 - いいざまだなー「表現」
3 - 貴様!
Are those "expressions/words" in any way related to the original 様 meaning? For a native person, is there any kind of "association" one does between the さま/ざま in 「いいざまだなー」 and 「神様」 or [貴様]? Or is this any kind of obscure matter that only 古典 experts/students deal with?
Thank you!
It seems to me you're looking down the wrong end of the telescope. You're so used to thinking of さま as just being an ultra-polite "mister" that the other uses appear different and unrelated. Flip it around and consider the other uses the primary meaning and you may just get a new appreciation for why さま came to have the "polite suffix" meaning. Consider it in conjunction with things like pronouns such as 彼方(あなた), 其方(そちら)、この方(このかた).....why 方 has two meanings/usages that seem distinct and unrelated to English speakers, etc.