num
English edit
Noun edit
num (plural nums)
- Abbreviation of number.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of numeral.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
num
- (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.
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Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
núm m
Pronoun edit
núm
Declension edit
Declension of núm | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | núm | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | númu | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | núm | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | numtín | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- (diminutive): numóyta
See also edit
- labhá (“men”)
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “num”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
num (not comparable)
- now (only in the phrase etiam num)
- (in a direct question) a particle usually expecting a negation
- Num Sparta īnsula est? — Nōn est īnsula.
- Sparta is not an island, is it? — It's not an island.
- (in an indirect question) whether
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See also edit
References edit
- “num”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “num”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- num in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
- morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *nummi. Cognates include Finnish nummi.
Noun edit
num
Old French edit
Noun edit
num oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural num)
- Alternative form of nom
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: num
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction edit
num (feminine numa, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural numas)
- Contraction of em um (“in a (masculine)”).
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 400:
- Não devia estar num quarto particular?
- Shouldn't he be in a private room?
Usage notes edit
The contraction is never obligatory and sometimes avoided in formal written Brazilian Portuguese.[1]
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
num (not comparable)
- Eye dialect spelling of não.
- 1871, Júlio César Machado, Da Loucura e das Manias em Portugal, Estudos Humoristicos, Livraria de A. M. Pereira, page 18:
- Eu num estou doido […] !
- I'm not crazy […] !
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.
References edit
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
- nom (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
Etymology edit
From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
Noun edit
num m (plural nums)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) name
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
num
- Romanization of 𒉏 (num)