намъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

намъ • (namŭ)

1. dative of мꙑ (my, “we”)

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	locative	dative	instrumental		possessive
singular	1st person	азъ (azŭ)	мѧ (mę)	мене (mene)	мьнѣ (mĭně)	мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi)	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)		мои (moi)
	2nd person	тꙑ (ty)	тѧ (tę)	тебе (tebe)	тебѣ (tebě)	тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)		твои (tvoi)
dual	1st person	вѣ (vě)	на (na)	наю (naju)	наю (naju)	нама, на (nama, na)	нама (nama)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	ва (va)	ва (va)	ваю (vaju)	ваю (vaju)	вама, ва (vama, va)	вама (vama)		вашь (vašĭ)
plural	1st person	мꙑ (my)	нꙑ (ny)	насъ (nasŭ)	насъ (nasŭ)	намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny)	нами (nami)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	вꙑ (vy)	вꙑ (vy)	васъ (vasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy)	вами (vami)		вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive		—	сѧ (sę)	себе (sebe)	себѣ (sebě)	себѣ, си (sebě, si)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)		свои (svoi)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• нꙑ (ny)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑmʊ/→/ˈnamʊ/→/ˈnam/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑmʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnamʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈnam/

Pronoun

намъ (namŭ)

1. dative of мꙑ (my): to us

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Belarusian: нам (nam)
• Russian: нам (nam)
• Ukrainian: нам (nam)

Old Novgorodian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: на‧мъ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ. Cognate with Old East Slavic намъ (namŭ), Old Ruthenian намъ (nam), Old Church Slavonic намъ / ⱀⰰⰿⱏ (namŭ).

Pronoun

намъ • (namŭ)

1. dative of мꙑ (my, “we”): to us

Declension

Declension of Old Novgorodian personal pronouns

	singular		dual		plural		reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	1st person	2nd person	1st person	2nd person
nominative	ꙗзъ, ꙗ jazŭ, ja	тꙑ ty	вѣ vě	ва va	мꙑ my	вꙑ vy
genitive	мене mene	тебе tebe	наю naju	ваю vaju	насъ nasŭ	васъ vasŭ	себе sebe
dative	мънѣ, ми mŭně, mi	тобѣ, ти tobě, ti	нама, на nama, na	вама, ва vama, va	намъ, нꙑ namŭ, ny	вамъ, вꙑ vamŭ, vy	собѣ sobě
accusative	мене, мѧ mene, mę	тебе, тѧ tebe, tę	на na	ва va	насъ, нꙑ nasŭ, ny	васъ, вꙑ vasŭ, vy	себе, сѧ sebe, sę
instrumental	мъноѭ mŭnojǫ	тобоѭ tobojǫ	нама nama	вама vama	нами nami	вами vami	собоѭ sobojǫ
locative	мънѣ mŭně	тобѣ tobě	наю naju	ваю vaju	насъ nasŭ	васъ vasŭ	собѣ sobě
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possessive	мои moi	твои tvoi	нашь našĭ	вашь vašĭ	нашь našĭ	вашь vašĭ	свои svoi

Etymology 2

Noun

намъ • (namŭ) m

1. alternative spelling of наме (name, “interest; rent”)

Russian

Pronoun

намъ • (nam)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of нам (nam), dative of мы (my, “we”)