Noam
See also: Nóam
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew נועם (“pleasantness; a male name”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊəm/
- Homophone: no'm
Proper noun edit
Noam
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1981, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities, page 86:
- According to Noam Chomsky, linguistic theory should concern itself primarily with the investigation of a speaker's competence.
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East Central German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimatly from Middle High German name, compare German Name.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Noam m (plural Noames)
- (High Prussian) name
- 1970s, Sister Cäcilia, Glöckliche Lait:
- Ön Gottes Noam geht denn da Voatache raus,
ön Gottes Noam schäffat de Muttche öm Haus,- In God's name goes then the Father out,
in God's name works the Mother in the House.
- In God's name goes then the Father out,
- before 1945, Arthur Hintz, Ermländische Ortsnamen:
- Kinga, Kinga, komt hie heere!
Öch, öch waa aich Noames lehre- Children, Children come here!
I, I want to teach you Names (of the Places of Warmia)
- Children, Children come here!
References edit
- Zėbrowska, E. Relikte eines mitteldeutschen Dialekts im Ermland (Warmia). Z. Literaturwiss. Linguistik 29, 159–168 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379174