num

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See also: núm, num., Num., núm., n'um, nu'm, and ǂnûm

English

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Noun

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num (plural nums)

  1. Abbreviation of number.
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of numeral.

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Derived terms

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Interjection

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num

  1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnum/ [ˈnʊm]
  • Hyphenation: num

Noun

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núm m 

  1. man, male
  2. person, human being
  3. mankind, humanity

Pronoun

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núm

  1. someone

Declension

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Declension of núm
absolutive núm
predicative númu
subjective núm
genitive numtín
Postpositioned forms
l-case númul
k-case númuk
t-case númut
h-case númuh

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • 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)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Kamkata-viri

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Alternative forms

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  • nom (Eastern Kata-viri, Kamviri)

Etymology

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From Proto-Nuristani *nāma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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num (Western Kata-viri)[1]

  1. name

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “n′um”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *nū (now).

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Adverb

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num (not comparable)

  1. now (only in the phrase etiam num)
  2. (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.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.369–370:
      “Num flētū ingemuit nostrō? Num lūmina flexit?
      Num lacrimās victus dedit, aut miserātus amantem est?”
      Was he troubled by our tears? Did he [even] turn his eyes [to notice]? Has he been taken [by love and] shed tears, or pitied the one who loved him?
      (The anaphora of the three “nums” marks an ascending tricolon or tricolon crescens. Dido refers to herself using the “majestic plural” or “royal we”: nostro; and Dido uses third person singular verbs to question the actions of Aeneas who is standing before her.)
  3. (in an indirect question) whether

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • 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[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nummi. Cognates include Finnish nummi.

Noun

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num

  1. heather

Old French

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Noun

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num oblique singularm (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural num)

  1. Alternative form of nom

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: num

Etymology 1

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Contraction

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num (feminine numa, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural numas)

  1. Contraction of em um (in a (masculine)).
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The contraction is never obligatory and sometimes avoided in formal written Brazilian Portuguese.[1]

Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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num (not comparable)

  1. 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
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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  • nom (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

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From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (name).

Noun

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num m (plural nums)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) name

Sumerian

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Romanization

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num

  1. Romanization of 𒉏 (num)