nem

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See also: 'nem, ném, ñem, nêm, -nem, ņem, and něm

Amasi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

  1. man

References[edit]

  • Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Atong (India)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (“good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“good”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

nem- (Bengali script নেম)

  1. to get better; to heal (oneself)

Adjective[edit]

nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)

  1. good

References[edit]

Chinook Jargon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English name.

Noun[edit]

nem

  1. name
    Nika nem Ling Fu. ― My name is Ling Fu.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse næmr (“talented”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (“takeable”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /nɛm/, [ˈnɛmˀ]

Adjective[edit]

nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)

  1. easy

Synonyms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɛm/
  • Audio
    		(file)

Noun[edit]

nem m (plural nems)

  1. a type of Vietnamese spring roll.
  2. more generally, any spring roll

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

nem

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of einem (“a, an”).

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In Ugric languages, e.g. in Mansi language, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as nē-mat (nothing), nē-m-at-χōt (nowhere), Mansi нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”).

Adverb[edit]

nem

  2. no, not

Interjection[edit]

nem!

  1. no, not

Noun[edit]

nem (plural nemek)

  2. no (a negative answer)
    • 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)[1]
      …másképp szólva, mi ketten együtt vagyunk a kozmosz kettes számrendszerének igenje és nemje, belénk írva a program, mely a világot mozgatja.
      …in other words, we both are together the yes and no of the binary system of the cosmos, with the program that moves the world written in us.
    nemet mond ― s/he says no
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nem nemek
accusative nemet nemeket
dative nemnek nemeknek
instrumental nemmel nemekkel
causal-final nemért nemekért
translative nemmé nemekké
terminative nemig nemekig
essive-formal nemként nemekként
essive-modal — —
inessive nemben nemekben
superessive nemen nemeken
adessive nemnél nemeknél
illative nembe nemekbe
sublative nemre nemekre
allative nemhez nemekhez
elative nemből nemekből
delative nemről nemekről
ablative nemtől nemektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		neméi nemekéi
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemjeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemjeid
3rd person sing. nemje nemjei
1st person plural nemünk nemjeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemjeitek
3rd person plural nemjük nemjeik
Derived terms[edit]
Compound words
Expressions

Etymology 2[edit]

Of unknown origin.[1]

Noun[edit]

nem (plural nemek)

  2. sex, gender
  4. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
  6. (biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
  8. kind, sort
    egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nem nemek
accusative nemet nemeket
dative nemnek nemeknek
instrumental nemmel nemekkel
causal-final nemért nemekért
translative nemmé nemekké
terminative nemig nemekig
essive-formal nemként nemekként
essive-modal — —
inessive nemben nemekben
superessive nemen nemeken
adessive nemnél nemeknél
illative nembe nemekbe
sublative nemre nemekre
allative nemhez nemekhez
elative nemből nemekből
delative nemről nemekről
ablative nemtől nemektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		neméi nemekéi
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemeid
3rd person sing. neme nemei
1st person plural nemünk nemeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemeitek
3rd person plural nemük nemeik
Hyponyms[edit]

(grammar):

Derived terms[edit]
Compound words

Descendants[edit]

  • → Romanian: neam

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN   (See also its second, revised, expanded edition published in 2021: →ISBN)

Further reading[edit]

  • (gender, sex, type): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (no, not): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Javanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Alternative forms[edit]

Numeral[edit]

nem

  1. six

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

nem

  1. Dated spelling of nèm.

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

nem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

Maguindanao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral[edit]

nem

  1. six

Maranao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral[edit]

nem

  1. six

References[edit]

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb[edit]

nem

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to take

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of nem
infinitive I nem
infinitive II tu nemen
past participle nimen
imperative singular nem
imperative plural nem'em
  present past
1st-person singular ik nem ik naam
2nd-person singular dü namst dü naamst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at namt hi/hat/at naam
1st-person dual wat nem wat naam
2nd-person dual jat nem jat naam
1st-person plural wi nem wi naam
2nd-person plural jam nem jam naam
3rd-person plural jo nem jo naam
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik haa nimen ik hed nimen
2nd-person singular dü heest nimen dü hedst nimen
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at hee nimen hi/hat/at hed nimen
1st-person dual wat haa nimen wat hed nimen
2nd-person dual jat haa nimen jat hed nimen
1st-person plural wi haa nimen wi hed nimen
2nd-person plural jam haa nimen jam hed nimen
3rd-person plural jo haa nimen jo hed nimen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal nem ik wal nem
2nd-person singular dü skääl nem dü wääl nem
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal nem hi/hat/at wal nem
1st-person dual wat skel nem wat wel nem
2nd-person dual jat skel nem jat wel nem
1st-person plural wi skel nem wi wel nem
2nd-person plural jam skel nem jam wel nem
3rd-person plural jo skel nem jo wel nem


Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

  1. heaven
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
      Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.
      It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.
  2. sky
  3. radiance

Declension[edit]

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nemN nemN nimeL
Vocative nemN nemN nimeL
Accusative nemN nemN nimeL
Genitive nimeL nime nimeN
Dative nimL nimib nimib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
nem
also nnem after a proclitic 		nem
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Old Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Noun[edit]

nem

  1. heaven

Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

nem (not comparable)

  2. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
    Nem eu sabia disso.
    Not even I knew this.
  4. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
    Nem pense em fazer isso.
    Don’t even think about doing this.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.

Adverb[edit]

nem … nem (not comparable)

  2. neither … nor
    Nem gosto nem desgosto.
    I neither like it nor dislike it.

Derived terms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

nem

  2. nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)
    Não sei, nem quero saber.
    I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.
  4. nor (introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true)
    Devemos aguentar sem água nem comida.
    We must endure without water nor food.

Interjection[edit]

nem!

  1. (slang) nah, no
    Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.
    Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

nȇm (definite nȇmī, Cyrillic spelling не̑м)

  1. mute, dumb
  2. silent, soundless (movie)

Declension[edit]

indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nem nema nemo
genitive nema neme nema
dative nemu nemoj nemu
accusative inanimate
animate 		nem
nema 		nemu nemo
vocative nem nema nemo
locative nemu nemoj nemu
instrumental nemim nemom nemim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi neme nema
genitive nemih nemih nemih
dative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
accusative neme neme nema
vocative nemi neme nema
locative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
instrumental nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi nema nemo
genitive nemog(a) neme nemog(a)
dative nemom(u/e) nemoj nemom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		nemi
nemog(a) 		nemu nemo
vocative nemi nema nemo
locative nemom(e/u) nemoj nemom(e/u)
instrumental nemim nemom nemim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi neme nema
genitive nemih nemih nemih
dative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
accusative neme neme nema
vocative nemi neme nema
locative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
instrumental nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

nẹ̑m (not comparable)

  1. mute

Inflection[edit]

Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. ném néma némo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ném ind
némi def 		néma némo
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		némo némo
genitive némega néme némega
dative némemu némi némemu
locative némem némi némem
instrumental némim némo némim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative néma némi némi
accusative néma némi némi
genitive némih némih némih
dative némima némima némima
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némima némima némima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative némi néme néma
accusative néme néme néma
genitive némih némih némih
dative némim némim némim
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némimi némimi némimi

Further reading[edit]

  • “nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English name.

Noun[edit]

nem

  1. name
    Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?
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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian نم‎ (nam).

Noun[edit]

nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative nem
Definite accusative nemi
Singular Plural
Nominative nem nemler
Definite accusative nemi nemleri
Dative neme nemlere
Locative nemde nemlerde
Ablative nemden nemlerden
Genitive nemin nemlerin

Synonyms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nem

  1. spring roll
  2. fermented pork
  3. sausage

Descendants[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

nem (nominative plural nems)

  1. name

Declension[edit]

declension of nem
singular plural
nominative nem nems
genitive nema nemas
dative neme nemes
accusative nemi nemis
vocative 1 o nem! o nems!
predicative 2 nemu nemus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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