náma

See also: nama, Nama, nāma, namā, namä, nämä, namą, and Nam Á

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauːma/
  • Rhymes: -auːma

Noun

náma f (genitive singular námu, nominative plural námur)

1. mine, pit
2. quarry
3. reservoir

Declension

declension of náma

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	náma	náman	námur	námurnar
accusative	námu	námuna	námur	námurnar
dative	námu	námunni	námum	námunum
genitive	námu	námunnar	náma	námanna

Synonyms

• (reservoir): geymir, banki, forðabúr, lind

Derived terms

• jarðvarmanáma (geothermal reservoir)
• varmanáma (heat reservoir)
• yfirborðsnáma (strip mine)

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish námae, from Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.

Noun

náma m (genitive námat, plural námait)

1. enemy

Descendants

• Irish: namhaid
• Manx: noid
• Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “náma(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language