Wiktionary

nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

AcehneseEdit

NumeralEdit

nam

  1. six

CatacaoEdit

NounEdit

nam

  1. moon

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

nam

  1. name, appellation, title

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nam
nominative nam
genitive namnıñ
dative namğa
accusative namnı
locative namda
ablative namdan

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • IPA(key): [nɑm]

VerbEdit

nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

AnagramsEdit

Eastern ChamEdit

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

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

nam

  1. six

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Perhaos onomatopoeic.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑm]
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • Syllabification(key): nam

InterjectionEdit

nam

  1. yum

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin nam.

ConjunctionEdit

nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

nam

  1. (colloquial) six

InterlinguaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

nam

  1. for

LashiEdit

PronunciationEdit

PostpositionEdit

nam

  1. near

ReferencesEdit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

nam

  1. for
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 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 termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “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 SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

nam

  1. dative of my

MalayEdit

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle DutchEdit

VerbEdit

nam

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

Middle High GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

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.

MusiEdit

Musi cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

NumeralEdit

nam

  1. six

NgarrindjeriEdit

PronounEdit

nam

  1. us

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

InterjectionEdit

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

InterjectionEdit

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

ReferencesEdit

NyishiEdit

NounEdit

nam

  1. house, home

ReferencesEdit

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

nam

  1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old NorseEdit

VerbEdit

nam

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

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

nam

  1. dative of my

PortugueseEdit

AdverbEdit

nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não

RohingyaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

nam

  1. name

SapéEdit

NounEdit

nam

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ConjunctionEdit

nam

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

PrepositionEdit

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. in my
    Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
InflectionEdit
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 3Edit

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

PrepositionEdit

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

  1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.
InflectionEdit
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 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ArticleEdit

nam

  1. inflection of an (“the”):
    1. genitive plural before f-
    2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-
DeclensionEdit
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-CroatianEdit

PronounEdit

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?

DeclensionEdit

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

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

nam

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

SwedishEdit

VerbEdit

nam

  1. past tense of nimma.

AnagramsEdit

TàyEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

nam (南)

  1. south

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

nam

  1. male

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

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.

ReferencesEdit

  • 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]‎[4][5] (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]‎[6] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish نام‎ (nam), from Persian نام‎ (nâm).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. reputation

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

  • (South Central Vietnam) nôm

NounEdit

nam

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


Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

NounEdit

nam

  1. (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

AdjectiveEdit

nam

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

PrefixEdit

nam

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nam (nominative plural nams)

  1. hand

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

WaigaliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́ma (whence Ashkun nām, Kamkata-viri nom, Prasuni nom), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (whence Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (nāman), Persian نام‎ (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Russian и́мя (ímja), English name).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nam

  1. name
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