nem
Amasi edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)
References edit
- Africana Marburgensia (1973)
Atong (India) edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (“good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“good”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nem- (Bengali script নেম)
- to get better; to heal (oneself)
Adjective edit
nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bikol Central edit
This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness. |
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)
Phrase edit
nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)
Chinook Jargon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nem
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse næmr (“talented”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (“takeable”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛmˀ
Adjective edit
nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)
Synonyms edit
Eastern Cham edit
< 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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Cardinal : nam, nem | ||
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
nem
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nem m (plural nems)
- a type of Vietnamese spring roll
- more generally, any spring roll
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
nem
- (colloquial) Contraction of einem (“a, an”).
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In Ugric languages, e.g. in Mansi language, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as nē-mat (nothing), nē-m-at-χōt (nowhere), Mansi нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”).
Adverb edit
nem
Interjection edit
nem!
Noun edit
nem (plural nemek)
- no (a negative answer)
- 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)[1]
- …másképp szólva, mi ketten együtt vagyunk a kozmosz kettes számrendszerének igenje és nemje, belénk írva a program, mely a világot mozgatja.
- …in other words, we both are together the yes and no of the binary system of the cosmos, with the program that moves the world written in us.
- nemet mond ― to say no
- 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)[1]
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nem | nemek |
accusative | nemet | nemeket |
dative | nemnek | nemeknek |
instrumental | nemmel | nemekkel |
causal-final | nemért | nemekért |
translative | nemmé | nemekké |
terminative | nemig | nemekig |
essive-formal | nemként | nemekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | nemben | nemekben |
superessive | nemen | nemeken |
adessive | nemnél | nemeknél |
illative | nembe | nemekbe |
sublative | nemre | nemekre |
allative | nemhez | nemekhez |
elative | nemből | nemekből |
delative | nemről | nemekről |
ablative | nemtől | nemektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
nemé | nemeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
neméi | nemekéi |
Possessive forms of nem | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | nemem | nemjeim |
2nd person sing. | nemed | nemjeid |
3rd person sing. | nemje | nemjei |
1st person plural | nemünk | nemjeink |
2nd person plural | nemetek | nemjeitek |
3rd person plural | nemjük | nemjeik |
Derived terms edit
- a baj nem jár egyedül
- a pénz nem boldogít
- a vér nem válik vízzé
- akár tetszik, akár nem
- akinek nem inge, ne vegye magára
- amelyik kutya ugat, az nem harap
- az ördög nem alszik
- egy fecske nem csinál nyarat
- eszi, nem eszi, nem kap mást
- éhes ember nem válogat
- ha a hegy nem megy Mohamedhez, Mohamed megy a hegyhez
- jó bornak nem kell cégér
- kő kövön nem marad
- kutyából nem lesz szalonna
- nem a ruha teszi az embert
- nem az én asztalom
- nem beszélek angolul
- nem esik messze az alma a fájától
- nem fenékig tejfel
- nem látja a fától az erdőt
- nem mind arany, ami fénylik
- nem oszt, nem szoroz
- nem törhető szóköz
- rossz pénz nem vész el
- se nem oszt, se nem szoroz
Etymology 2 edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
Noun edit
nem (plural nemek)
- sex
- gender. Usually, társadalmi nem to distinguish sex and gender.
- (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
- (biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- kind, sort
- egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nem | nemek |
accusative | nemet | nemeket |
dative | nemnek | nemeknek |
instrumental | nemmel | nemekkel |
causal-final | nemért | nemekért |
translative | nemmé | nemekké |
terminative | nemig | nemekig |
essive-formal | nemként | nemekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | nemben | nemekben |
superessive | nemen | nemeken |
adessive | nemnél | nemeknél |
illative | nembe | nemekbe |
sublative | nemre | nemekre |
allative | nemhez | nemekhez |
elative | nemből | nemekből |
delative | nemről | nemekről |
ablative | nemtől | nemektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
nemé | nemeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
neméi | nemekéi |
Possessive forms of nem | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | nemem | nemeim |
2nd person sing. | nemed | nemeid |
3rd person sing. | neme | nemei |
1st person plural | nemünk | nemeink |
2nd person plural | nemetek | nemeitek |
3rd person plural | nemük | nemeik |
Hyponyms edit
(grammar):
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: neam
References edit
- ^ nem in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- (gender, sex, type): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (no, not): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Javanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Alternative forms edit
Numeral edit
nem
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
nem
- Dated spelling of nèm.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nem
Maguindanao edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Numeral edit
nem
Malecite-Passamaquoddy edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham, Unami chikënëm, Quiripi nahiam.
Noun edit
nem anim (plural nemiyik, possessed nemimol, diminutive nemsis)
Maranao edit
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: nem |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Numeral edit
nem
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Middle English edit
Noun edit
nem
- Alternative form of em
Nigerian Pidgin edit
Noun edit
nem
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian nema.
Verb edit
nem
- (Föhr-Amrum) to take
Conjugation edit
infinitive I | nem | |
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infinitive II | tu nemen | |
past participle | nimen | |
imperative singular | nem | |
imperative plural | nem'em | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik nem | ik naam |
2nd-person singular | dü namst | dü naamst |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at namt | hi/hat/at naam |
1st-person dual | wat nem | wat naam |
2nd-person dual | jat nem | jat naam |
1st-person plural | wi nem | wi naam |
2nd-person plural | jam nem | jam naam |
3rd-person plural | jo nem | jo naam |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa nimen | ik hed nimen |
2nd-person singular | dü heest nimen | dü hedst nimen |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee nimen | hi/hat/at hed nimen |
1st-person dual | wat haa nimen | wat hed nimen |
2nd-person dual | jat haa nimen | jat hed nimen |
1st-person plural | wi haa nimen | wi hed nimen |
2nd-person plural | jam haa nimen | jam hed nimen |
3rd-person plural | jo haa nimen | jo hed nimen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal nem | ik wal nem |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl nem | dü wääl nem |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal nem | hi/hat/at wal nem |
1st-person dual | wat skel nem | wat wel nem |
2nd-person dual | jat skel nem | jat wel nem |
1st-person plural | wi skel nem | wi wel nem |
2nd-person plural | jam skel nem | jam wel nem |
3rd-person plural | jo skel nem | jo wel nem |
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)
- heaven
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
- Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.
- It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
- Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
- Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
- sky
- radiance
Declension edit
Neuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | nemN | nemN | nimeL |
Vocative | nemN | nemN | nimeL |
Accusative | nemN | nemN | nimeL |
Genitive | nimeL | nime | nimeN |
Dative | nimL | nimib | nimib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nem also nnem after a proclitic |
nem pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse edit
Verb edit
nem
- inflection of nema:
Old Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).
Noun edit
nem
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”). Compare Galician nin, Catalan, French, and Spanish ni, Italian né.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nem (not comparable)
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
- Nem eu sabia disso.
- Not even I knew this.
- do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
- Nem pense em fazer isso.
- Don’t even think about doing this.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.
Adverb edit
nem (not comparable)
- neither … nor
- Nem gosto nem desgosto.
- I neither like it nor dislike it.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:
- Nem Harry nem Hermione responderam; não carecia.
- Neither Harry nor Hermione did respond; they didn't need to.
Derived terms edit
Conjunction edit
nem
- nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)
- Não sei, nem quero saber.
- I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. / I neither know nor want to.
- nor (introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true)
- Devemos aguentar sem água nem comida.
- We must endure without water nor food.
Interjection edit
nem!
- (Brazil, colloquial) nah, no
- Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.
- Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nȇm (definite nȇmī, Cyrillic spelling не̑м)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | nem | nema | nemo | |
genitive | nema | neme | nema | |
dative | nemu | nemoj | nemu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
nem nema |
nemu | nemo |
vocative | nem | nema | nemo | |
locative | nemu | nemoj | nemu | |
instrumental | nemim | nemom | nemim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | nemi | neme | nema | |
genitive | nemih | nemih | nemih | |
dative | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | |
accusative | neme | neme | nema | |
vocative | nemi | neme | nema | |
locative | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | |
instrumental | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | nemi | nema | nemo | |
genitive | nemog(a) | neme | nemog(a) | |
dative | nemom(u/e) | nemoj | nemom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
nemi nemog(a) |
nemu | nemo |
vocative | nemi | nema | nemo | |
locative | nemom(e/u) | nemoj | nemom(e/u) | |
instrumental | nemim | nemom | nemim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | nemi | neme | nema | |
genitive | nemih | nemih | nemih | |
dative | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | |
accusative | neme | neme | nema | |
vocative | nemi | neme | nema | |
locative | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | |
instrumental | nemim(a) | nemim(a) | nemim(a) |
Further reading edit
- “nem” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *němъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nẹ̑m (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | ném | néma | némo |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ném ind némi def |
néma | némo |
genitive | némega | néme | némega |
dative | némemu | némi | némemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
némo | némo |
locative | némem | némi | némem |
instrumental | némim | némo | némim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | néma | némi | némi |
genitive | némih | némih | némih |
dative | némima | némima | némima |
accusative | néma | némi | némi |
locative | némih | némih | némih |
instrumental | némima | némima | némima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | némi | néme | néma |
genitive | némih | némih | némih |
dative | némim | némim | némim |
accusative | néme | néme | néma |
locative | némih | némih | némih |
instrumental | némimi | némimi | némimi |
Further reading edit
- “nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nem
- name
- Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian نم (nam).
Noun edit
nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | nem | |
Definite accusative | nemi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | nem | nemler |
Definite accusative | nemi | nemleri |
Dative | neme | nemlere |
Locative | nemde | nemlerde |
Ablative | nemden | nemlerden |
Genitive | nemin | nemlerin |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- (idiomatic, informal) havadan nem kapmak (to be hypersensitive; to be very easily upset or offended)
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The "fermented pork" sense is probably the most original.”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
nem (nominative plural nems)