нам

See also: ням and Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam) (personal)

  1. (dated) full form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us
    Нам пратиха писмото.
    Nam pratiha pismoto.
    The letter was sent to us.

Usage notes

  • The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:
    На нас пратиха писмото.
    Na nas pratiha pismoto.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *laamu, cognate with Evenki ламу (lamu), Manchu ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu), Nanai намо (namo).

Noun

нам (nam)

  1. sea

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

  1. long indirect object form of ние (nie)

Usage notes

  • This pronoun form is often incorrectly replaced with the direct/prepositional object form нас (nas).

Mansi

Alternative forms

  • [script needed] (näm) – Southern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Hungarian név, Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.[1]

Noun

нам • (nam)

  1. name

References

  1. Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsy and Kálmán

Mongolian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/, [nam]

Noun

нам • (nam), Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam)

  1. a (political) party
    бүгд найрамдах нам ― bügd najramdax nam ― a republican party

Adjective

нам • (nam), Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam)

  1. low

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

  1. dative of мы (my)
    • Он дал нам только пару полтинников
      He only gave us a couple fifty-ruble notes
    • 1987, Yegor Letov (lyrics and music), “Перемена погоды”:
      Нам [надо попасть] в тринадцатый вагон. Любера, оставайтесь вон,
      укрепляйте свои ряды, защищайте Афганистан.
      We need to get in the thirteenth railroad car. Stay away, lyubers,
      keep strengthening your ranks, keep defending Afghanistan.
    • 1928/1972, A.Platonov, Chevengur:
      Но ведь я не знаю ее лица! Как же нам быть, товарищ Чиклин, когда она придет?
      But I don't know her face! How shall we act, comrade Chiklin, when she comes?

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

нам (Latin spelling nam)

  1. to us (clitic dative plural of ја̑ (“I”))

Declension

Tajik

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬‎ (nam).

Noun

Dari نم‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik нам (nam)

нам • (nam)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity

Derived terms

  • намдор (namdor)
  • намкаш (namkaš)
  • намнок (namnok)
  • шабнам (šabnam)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

  1. dative plural of ми (my)
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