нам
See also: ням and Appendix:Variations of "nam"
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nam]
Pronoun
нам • (nam) (personal)
- (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- The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form: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)
Related terms
Bulgarian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Prepositional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) | нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) | вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | |
Even
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *laamu, cognate with Evenki ламу (lamu), Manchu ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu), Nanai намо (namo).
Noun
нам (nam)
- sea
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nam]
Pronoun
нам • (nam)
- 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-Ugric *nĭmĭ, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Hungarian név, Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.[1]
Noun
нам • (nam)
- name
References
- 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))
- a (political) party
- бүгд найрамдах нам ― bügd najramdax nam ― a republican party
Adjective
нам • (nam) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam))
- low
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nam]
Pronoun
нам • (nam)
- dative of мы (my)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
нам (Latin spelling nam)
- to us (clitic dative plural of ја̑ (“I”))
Declension
Declension of нам
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ја̑ | ми̑ |
| genitive | ме̏не, ме | на̑с, нас |
| dative | ме̏ни, ми | на̏ма, нам |
| accusative | ме̏не, ме | на̑с, нас |
| vocative | — | ми̑ |
| locative | ме̏ни | на̏ма |
| instrumental | мно̑м, мно́ме | на̏ма |
Tajik
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam).
Noun
| Dari | نم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нам (nam) |
нам • (nam)
- moisture
- humidity
Derived terms
- намдор (namdor)
- намкаш (namkaš)
- намнок (namnok)
- шабнам (šabnam)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nam]
Pronoun
нам • (nam)
- dative plural of ми (my)