nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Acehnese

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Catacao

Noun

nam

  1. moon

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

  1. name, appellation, title

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

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

Dutch

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

Verb

nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nʌm/

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaos onomatopoeic.

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

Interjection

nam

  1. yum

Gothic

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Numeral

nam

  1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

  1. for

Lashi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nam/

Postposition

nam

  1. near

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

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 terms

References
  • “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 Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Malay
Malay cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nam/
  • Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

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

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Noun

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.

Musi
Musi cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

  1. us

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Nyishi

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

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

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old Norse

Verb

nam

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

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nam/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: nam

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Noun

nam

  1. name

Sapé

Noun

nam

  1. water

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

nam

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

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

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

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

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

nam

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

Pronoun

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?

Declension
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

Sumerian

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

Verb

nam

  1. past tense of nimma.

Anagrams

Tày

Pronunciation

Noun

nam (南)

  1. south

Noun

nam

  1. male

Noun

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.

References
  • 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]‎ (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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑm/

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. reputation

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms
  • (South Central Vietnam) nôm

Noun

nam

  1. south
Coordinate terms
  • (compass points) (Category: vi:Compass points)
tây bắc bắc đông bắc
tây đông
tây nam nam đông nam
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

  1. (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

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

Prefix

nam

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

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

  1. hand

Declension
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 terms

Waigali

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nám/

Noun

nam

  1. name
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