nema

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːma/

  Rhymes: -eːma

nema (third person singular past indicative nam, third person plural past indicative numu, supine nomið)

1. to touch, seize
   1. to touch on, refer to
   2. to make an impression, influence
2. to steal
3. to learn
4. to notice

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːma/
• Rhymes: -ɛːma

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

nema (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative nam, third-person plural past indicative námu, supine numið)

1. to take, capture
2. to mine (ore, coal, etc.)
3. to amount to
4. to detect, perceive

   Augað er það skynfæri er nemur ljós.

   The eye is the (that) organ which detects light.

5. to study (a specified subject)

   Ég nem frönsku.

   I study French.

6. (poetic) an auxiliary verb used with a main verb in the infinitive; this construction has the same meaning as the main verb, its inflection simply being transferred to the auxiliary, and serves merely to obtain a fitting rhyme and syllable structure

   Bjarni nam ei fálkann fá

   [Bjarni fékk ei fálkann]

   Bjarni did not get the falcon (i.e. the Order of the Falcon)

   (first line of a ditty from Útvarp Matthildur)

7. to touch, to reach

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• nemi
• nemandi
• nám
• næmur

From Old Norse nema.

nema

1. (connecting noun phrases) except
2. (connecting clauses) unless
3. (connecting clauses) but that, whether or not (introducing a hypothetical but likely scenario)

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi

• amen

nema

1. Rōmaji transcription of ねま

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma).

nēma n (genitive nēmatis); third declension

1. yarn, thread

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• “nema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

nema

1. Alternative form of nima

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

nema (singular past indicative nam, plural past indicative námu, past participle numinn)

1. to take
   1. to learn (especially by heart)

      hón kvað, en hann nam

      she sung, and he memorized it

      ek nam vísur at vísum mǫnnum

      I learned verses from wise men

2. to begin

   hann nam eta

   he began to eat

• Icelandic: nema
• Faroese: nema
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nema
• Old Swedish: nima
  • Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)
• Scanian: nimma
• Danish: nemme

From a form related to né (“not; nor”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”). Probably cognate with Old English nefne, Old English nemne (“except, unless”).

nema

1. except, unless, save

   Hann drap alla sveina nema einn.

   He slew all the boys, save one.

2. but
   • 1200s, Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to.), Matthew 10:34-35
   • Eigi kom ek til þess at senda frið nema heldr sverð, til þess kom ek at skilja sun frá feðr ok dóttur frá móður sinni.

     I did not come to bring peace, but rather a sword, I came to separate son from father, and daughter from her mother.

• né (“not; nor”)

• Icelandic: nema
• Faroese: neman
• Old Swedish: numa, num

• “nema”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

nema

1. present/imperative active first-person plural of neti (“to lead”)

nema

1. inflection of nem:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

nema (Cyrillic spelling нема)

1. third-person singular present of nemati

nema f (plural nemas)

1. seal of a letter

• “nema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• IPA^(key): /n̪e.ˈma/

nema

1. (proximal) this, these

   Synonyms: ne, mene

   carita nema ― this story

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as nemá)