nem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nem"

Amasi

Alternative forms

• ɣanim

Noun

nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

1. man

References

• Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (“good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nem/

Verb

nem- (Bengali script নেম)

1. to get better; to heal (oneself)

Adjective

nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)

1. good

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bikol Central

Bikol Central phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Alternative forms

• nom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnem/ [ˈn̪em]

Interjection

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello

   Synonyms: komusta, tara

Phrase

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?

   Synonym: tara

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English name.

Noun

nem

1. name

   Nika nem Ling Fu. ― My name is Ling Fu.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse næmr (“talented”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (“takeable”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛm/, [ˈnɛmˀ]

• Rhymes: -ɛmˀ

Adjective

nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)

1. easy

Synonyms

• let

Eastern Cham

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

• nam / ꨘꩌ
• ꨘꨮꩌ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəm/

Numeral

nem

1. six

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

nem m (plural nems)

1. a type of Vietnamese spring roll
2. more generally, any spring roll

Anagrams

• m’en

German

Alternative forms

• 'nem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəm/

Article

nem

1. (colloquial) Contraction of einem (“a, an”).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛm]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, “nothing”), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, “nowhere”), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, “nobody”) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.

Adverb

nem

2. no, not

Interjection

nem!

1. no, not

Noun

nem (plural nemek)

2. 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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
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

• nemleges
• nincs

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning (general terms)

• nemcsak
• nemde, nemdebár
• nemdohányzó
• nemegyszer
• nemhogy
• nemkívánatos
• nemkülönben
• nemlét
• nemrég
• nemritkán
• nemsokára
• nemszeretem
• nemtörődöm

Compound words with this term at the beginning (technical terms)

• nemabeli
• nemadiabatikus
• nemasszociatív
• nemazonosság
• nemegyensúlyi
• nemelektrolit
• nemeuklideszi
• nemfeloldó
• nemfém, nemfémes, nemnemesfém
• nemideális
• nemionizáló
• nemkapitalista
• nemkonvex
• nemkötő (állapot) (and nem kötő)
• nemláthatóság
• nemlineáris, nemlinearitás
• nemlokális (kvantumtérelmélet)
• nemmágneses
• nemnedvesítő, nemnedvesítés
• nemnegatív
• nemnewtoni
• nemnumerikus
• nemparaméteres
• nempoláris
• nemsemleges
• nemstacionárius
• nemüres
• nemvagyonikár-térítés
• nemvasfém
• nemvezető
• nemzéró/nemzérus (determinánsú/összegű)

 

Compound words with this term at the end

• alighanem
• csaknem
• dehogyisnem
• dehogynem
• hacsaknem
• hanem
• majdnem, majdhogynem
• mígnem

 

Expressions

• 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
• végül, de nem utolsósorban

 

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

Noun

nem (plural nemek)

2. sex
4. gender; short for társadalmi nem, which distinguishes gender as opposed to sex
6. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
8. (zoology, taxonomy) genus (rank in the taxonomic classification of animals, between family and species)

   Coordinate term: nemzetség (the same rank for plants and fungi, which denotes “tribe” among animals)

10. kind, sort

    egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
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

(grammar):

• hímnem
• nőnem
• semlegesnem

 

Derived terms

• nemes
• nemi
• nemtelen
• nemű
• nemz

 

Compound words

• hímnem
• igenem
• köznem
• nőnem
• semlegesnem
• úszásnem

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: neam

Further reading

• (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
• nem in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Javanese

Etymology 1

Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Alternative forms

• enem

Numeral

nem

1. six

Etymology 2

Adjective

nem

1. Dated spelling of nèm.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nem/, [nɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nem/, [nɛm]

Verb

nem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /nəm/ [ɳɨm]
• Rhymes: -əm
• Syllabification: nem

Numeral

nëm

1. six

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham, Unami chikënëm, Quiripi nahiam.

Noun

nem anim (plural nemiyik, possessed nemimol, diminutive nemsis)

1. turkey

Maranao

Maranao numbers ^(edit)

←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: nem

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nem

1. six

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Noun

nem

1. Alternative form of em

Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

nem

1. name

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• naame (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

nem

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of nem (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	nem
infinitive II	(tu) nemen
past participle	nimen
imperative singular	nem
imperative plural	nem’m
	present	past
1st singular	nem	naam
2nd singular	namst	naamst
3rd singular	namt	naam
plural	nem	naam
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa nimen	hed nimen
2nd singular	heest nimen	hedst nimen
3rd singular	hee nimen	hed nimen
plural	haa nimen	hed nimen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal nem	wal nem
2nd singular	skääl nem	wääl nem
3rd singular	skal nem	wal nem
plural	skel nem	wel nem

Conjugation of nem (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	nem
infinitive II	(tö) nemen
past participle	nomen
imperative	nem
	present	past
1st singular	nem	noom
2nd singular	nemst	noomst
3rd singular	nemt	noom
plural / dual	nem	noom
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa nomen	her nomen
2nd singular	heest nomen	herst nomen
3rd singular	heer nomen	her nomen
plural / dual	haa nomen	her nomen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel nem	wel nem
2nd singular	sket nem	wet nem
3rd singular	skel nem	wel nem
plural / dual	skel nem	wel nem

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n͈ʲeβ̃]

Noun

nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

1. 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. 6^c9

     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. 22^b23

     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.

2. sky
3. radiance

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	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: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• nemdae

Descendants

• Irish: neamh
• Manx: niau
• Scottish Gaelic: nèamh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
nem also nnem after a proclitic ending in a vowel	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Verb

nem

1. inflection of nema:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• rem

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nem, from Proto-Tupian *nem.

Adjective

nem (noun form nema)

1. stinky

Declension

    Declension of nem (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	monem
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i nemyba'e
-sab(a)	nembaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe nem	nde nem	i nem	oré nem	îandé nem	pe nem
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe nem	ta nde nem	t'i nem	t'oré nem	t'îandé nem	ta pe nem
Negative indicative	na xe nemi	na nde nemi	n'i nemi	n'oré nemi	n'îandé nemi	na pe nemi
Negative imperative		nde nem umẽ				pe nem umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe nem umẽ	ta nde nem umẽ	t'i nem umẽ	t'oré nem umẽ	t'îandé nem umẽ	ta pe nem umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe nemamo	nde nemamo	o nemamo	oré nemamo	îandé nemamo	pe nemamo
Negative	xe neme'ymamo	nde neme'ymamo	o neme'ymamo	oré neme'ymamo	îandé neme'ymamo	pe neme'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	nema
Negative	neme'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe nemi2		i nemi2	oré nemi2	îandé nemi2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe neme'ymi2		i neme'ymi2	oré neme'ymi2	îandé neme'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nema”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 328–329

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Noun

nem

1. heaven

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: new
  • Welsh: nef

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”). Compare Galician nin, Catalan, French, and Spanish ni, Italian né.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnẽj̃/ [ˈnẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: nem

Adverb

nem (not comparable)

2. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)

   Nem eu sabia disso.

   Not even I knew this.

4. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)

   Nem pense em fazer isso.

   Don’t even think about doing this.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.

Adverb

nem (not comparable)

2. neither … nor

   Nem gosto nem desgosto.

   I neither like it nor dislike it.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (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

• nem mais nem menos
• nem tchum

 

Conjunction

nem

2. 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.

4. 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

nem!

1. (Brazil, colloquial) nah, no

   Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.

   Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.

Derived terms

• não estar nem aí
• nem que
• que nem
• sem mais nem menos

 

Related terms

• nenhum

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nijȇm (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němъ. Doublet of Nemac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêːm/

Adjective

nȇm (Cyrillic spelling не̑м, definite nȇmī)

1. mute, dumb
2. silent, soundless (movie)

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
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)

definite forms

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

• “nem”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /néːm/

Adjective

nẹ̑m (not comparable)

1. mute

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	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

• “nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English name.

Noun

nem

1. name

   Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:11:

     Nem bilong namba wan wara em Pison na em i go raunim kantri Havila.

     →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نم (nam).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

1. moisture
2. humidity

Declension

Inflection
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

• rutubet

Derived terms

• (idiomatic, informal) havadan nem kapmak (to be hypersensitive; to be very easily upset or offended)

 

Vietnamese

Etymology

(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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]

Noun

nem • (腩, 粘, 𬛈, 𦟶, 𲉯)

1. fermented pork
2. spring roll

Descendants

• → Khmer: ណែម (naem)
• → Lao: ແໜມ (nǣm)
• → Thai: แหนม (nɛ̌ɛm)

See also

Derived terms

• nem chạo
• nem chua
• nem rán

 

Anagrams

• men

Volapük

Noun

nem (nominative plural nems)

1. name

Declension

declension of nem

	singular	plural
nominative	nem	nems
genitive	nema	nemas
dative	neme	nemes
accusative	nemi	nemis
vocative 1	o nem!	o nems!
predicative 2	nemu	nemus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only