nam

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Acehnese

Acehnese cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam
    Ordinal : keunam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Catacao

Noun

nam

  1. moon

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

Noun

nam

  1. name, appellation, title

Declension

Declension of nam
singular plural
nominative nam namlar
genitive namnıñ namlarnıñ
dative namğa namlarğa
accusative namnı namlarnı
locative namda namlarda
ablative namdan namlardan

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • IPA(key):

Verb

nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

Eastern Cham

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

nam

  1. yum

Derived terms

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

  1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

  1. for

Lashi

Pronunciation

Postposition

nam

  1. near

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

nam

  1. for
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 2:15:
      Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius.
      For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life.
  2. since
  3. thus
  4. because
  5. actually

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Noun

nam m

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun
    • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
      Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
      zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
      vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
      gemunzet und geformet stân.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Musi

Musi cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Naga Pidgin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nam

  1. name

Narua

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

  1. us

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Nyishi

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

References

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old Norse

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

nam

  1. name

Sapé

Noun

nam

  1. water

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

nam

  1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

Preposition

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nam (+ dative)

  1. in my
    Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
Inflection
Possessive declension of an
Singular Plural
First person namL narN
Second person nadL nurN
Third person m naL nanN, namN 1)
Third person f naH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Etymology 3

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

Preposition

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nam (+ dative)

  1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.
Inflection
Possessive declension of an
Singular Plural
First person namL narN
Second person nadL nurN
Third person m naL nanN, namN 1)
Third person f naH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

nam

  1. inflection of an (“the”):
    1. genitive plural before f-
    2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-
Declension
Variation of nam (definite article)
Masculine Feminine Plural
nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen.
+ f- am anL anL na na nam
+ m-, p- or b- am a'L a'L na na nam
+ c- or g- an a'L a'L na na nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr- an anT anT na na nan
+ other consonant an an an na na nan
+ vowel anT an an naH naH nan
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; T Triggers T-prothesis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

  1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
    Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!
    We can do better! We have no limits!
    (literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)
  2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
    Gdje nam je auto?
    Where is our car?

Declension

Declension of nam
singular plural
nominative jȃ mȋ
genitive mȅne, me nȃs
dative mȅni, mi nȁma, nam
accusative mȅne, me nȃs
vocative — mȋ
locative mȅni nȁma
instrumental mnȏm, mnóme nȁma

Sumerian

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

Verb

nam

  1. past indicative of nimma

Anagrams

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

Adjective

nam

  1. soft

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

nam (南)

  1. south

Etymology 2

Noun

nam

  1. male

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

Noun

nam (楠)

  1. thorn, spine
    nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn
    點㓜百樅楠
    Tiểm au pác doòng nam
    Take a hundred thorns from the point.

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

Pronunciation

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. reputation
  2. name

Declension

Inflection
Nominative nam
Definite accusative namı
Singular Plural
Nominative nam namlar
Definite accusative namı namları
Dative nama namlara
Locative namda namlarda
Ablative namdan namlardan
Genitive namın namların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular namım namlarım
2nd singular namın namların
3rd singular namı namları
1st plural namımız namlarımız
2nd plural namınız namlarınız
3rd plural namları namları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımı namlarımı
2nd singular namını namlarını
3rd singular namını namlarını
1st plural namımızı namlarımızı
2nd plural namınızı namlarınızı
3rd plural namlarını namlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular namıma namlarıma
2nd singular namına namlarına
3rd singular namına namlarına
1st plural namımıza namlarımıza
2nd plural namınıza namlarınıza
3rd plural namlarına namlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımda namlarımda
2nd singular namında namlarında
3rd singular namında namlarında
1st plural namımızda namlarımızda
2nd plural namınızda namlarınızda
3rd plural namlarında namlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımdan namlarımdan
2nd singular namından namlarından
3rd singular namından namlarından
1st plural namımızdan namlarımızdan
2nd plural namınızdan namlarınızdan
3rd plural namlarından namlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular namımın namlarımın
2nd singular namının namlarının
3rd singular namının namlarının
1st plural namımızın namlarımızın
2nd plural namınızın namlarınızın
3rd plural namlarının namlarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular namım namlarım
2nd singular namsın namlarsın
3rd singular nam
namdır 		namlar
namlardır
1st plural namız namlarız
2nd plural namsınız namlarsınız
3rd plural namlar namlardır

Related terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

Alternative forms

  • (South Central Vietnam) nôm

Noun

nam

  1. south
Coordinate terms
tây bắc bắc đông bắc
tây đông
tây nam nam đông nam


Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

  1. (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

  1. (of people) male
    Synonym: trai
    Antonyms: nữ, gái

Prefix

nam

  1. male; -o
    nam thanh niên
    a young man
Usage notes
  • As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

  1. hand

Declension

declension of nam
singular plural
nominative nam nams
genitive nama namas
dative name names
accusative nami namis
vocative 1 o nam! o nams!
predicative 2 namu namus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma.

Pronunciation

Noun

nam

  1. name
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