nema

See also NEMA, néma, ñema, and -nemą

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneːma/
• Rhymes: -eːma

Etymology

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

Verb

nema (third person singular past indicative nam, third person plural past indicative numu, supine nomið)

1. to take
2. to learn

Conjugation

   Conjugation of nema

nema, v-49-52
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	nemi	nemur	nemur	nema
Past	nam	namst	nam	numu/ nómu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	nem !	—	nemið !
Infinitive	nema
Pres. part.	nemandi
Past part. a34/a26	nomin
Supine	nomið

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛːma/
• Rhymes: -ɛːma

Etymology 1

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

Verb

nema strong verb (third person singular past indicative nam, third person plural past indicative námu, supine numið)

1. to take, capture
2. to mine (ore, coal, etc.)
3. to amount to
4. to detect, perceive

   Augað er það skynfæri er nemur ljós.

   The eye is the (that) organ which detects light.

5. to study (a specified subject)

   Ég nem frönsku.

   I study French.

6. (poetic) an auxiliary verb used with a main verb in the infinitive; this construction has the same meaning as the main verb, its inflection simply being transferred to the auxiliary, and serves merely to obtain a fitting rhyme and syllable structure

   Bjarni nam ei fálkann fá – first line of a ditty from Útvarp Matthildur

   = Bjarni fékk ei fálkann: Bjarni did not get the falcon (i.e. the Order of the Falcon)

7. (with the preposition við + accusative) to touch, reach

Derived terms

• nemi
• nemandi
• nám
• næmur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse nema.

Conjunction

nema

1. (connecting noun phrases) except
2. (connecting clauses) unless
3. (connecting clauses) but that, whether or not (introducing a hypothetical but likely scenario)

Derived terms

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi

Anagrams

• amen

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Old Frisian

Verb

nema

1. Alternative form of nima.