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nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"
Languages (39)
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Acehnese

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Acehnese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nam
    Ordinal : keunam

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

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Numeral

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nam

  1. six

Catacao

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Noun

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nam

  1. moon

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

Noun

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nam

  1. name, appellation, title

Declension

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Declension of nam
singular plural
nominative nam namlar
genitive namnıñ namlarnıñ
dative namğa namlarğa
accusative namnı namlarnı
locative namda namlarda
ablative namdan namlardan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

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Eastern Cham

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Eastern Cham cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Numeral

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nam

  1. six

Finnish

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Etymology

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Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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nam

  1. yum

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Gothic

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Romanization

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nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

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nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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nam

  1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

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Conjunction

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nam

  1. for

Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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nam

  1. near

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

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Etymology

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

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Conjunction

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nam

  1. for
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 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

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References

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  • “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

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nam

  1. dative of my

Malay

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Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nam

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Numeral

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nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

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Verb

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nam

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

Middle High German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈnam/

Noun

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nam m

  1. Alternative form of name

Declension

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Declension of nam (masculine, class 1 strong)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër nam die name
genitive eines dës names dër name
dative eime dëm name dën namen
accusative einen dën nam die name

Musi

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Musi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nam

Numeral

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nam

  1. six

Naga Pidgin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

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nam

  1. name

Narua

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Noun

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nam

  1. house, home

Ngarrindjeri

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Pronoun

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nam

  1. us

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Interjection

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nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Interjection

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nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

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Nyishi

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Noun

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nam

  1. house, home

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  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nam

  1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old Norse

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Verb

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nam

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

Old Sundanese

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nam

  1. come on
  2. come along with me
1580, Carita Parahyangan, section III:
Carék Sang Mangukuhan, "Nam adiing kalih, urang ngaboro leumpang ka tegal."
Said Sang Mangukuhan, "Come, my little brothers, let us go hunting in the fields"

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

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Pronoun

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nam

  1. dative of my

Portuguese

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Adverb

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nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não.

Rohingya

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Etymology

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Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nam

  1. name

Sapé

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Noun

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nam

  1. water

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

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nam

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

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

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nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

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

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

Preposition

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nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

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nam

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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

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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

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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

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Romanization

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nam

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

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Verb

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nam

  1. past indicative of nimma

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Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

Adjective

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nam

  1. soft

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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nam (南)

  1. south

Etymology 2

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Noun

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nam

  1. male

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

Noun

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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

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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt‎[5][6] (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[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

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Noun

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nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. reputation
  2. name

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative nam
Definite accusative namı
Singular Plural
Nominative nam namlar
Definite accusative namı namları
Dative nama namlara
Locative namda namlarda
Ablative namdan namlardan
Genitive namın namların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular namım namlarım
2nd singular namın namların
3rd singular namı namları
1st plural namımız namlarımız
2nd plural namınız namlarınız
3rd plural namları namları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımı namlarımı
2nd singular namını namlarını
3rd singular namını namlarını
1st plural namımızı namlarımızı
2nd plural namınızı namlarınızı
3rd plural namlarını namlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular namıma namlarıma
2nd singular namına namlarına
3rd singular namına namlarına
1st plural namımıza namlarımıza
2nd plural namınıza namlarınıza
3rd plural namlarına namlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımda namlarımda
2nd singular namında namlarında
3rd singular namında namlarında
1st plural namımızda namlarımızda
2nd plural namınızda namlarınızda
3rd plural namlarında namlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular namımdan namlarımdan
2nd singular namından namlarından
3rd singular namından namlarından
1st plural namımızdan namlarımızdan
2nd plural namınızdan namlarınızdan
3rd plural namlarından namlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular namımın namlarımın
2nd singular namının namlarının
3rd singular namının namlarının
1st plural namımızın namlarımızın
2nd plural namınızın namlarınızın
3rd plural namlarının namlarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular namım namlarım
2nd singular namsın namlarsın
3rd singular nam
namdır 		namlar
namlardır
1st plural namız namlarız
2nd plural namsınız namlarsınız
3rd plural namlar namlardır
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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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

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  • (South Central Vietnam) nôm

Noun

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nam

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


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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

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nam

  1. (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

Adjective

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nam

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

Prefix

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nam

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

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Anagrams

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

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Noun

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nam (nominative plural nams)

  1. hand

Declension

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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

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