nema

See also: NEMA, néma, ñema, -nemą, and ņēma

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːma/
• Rhymes: -eːma

Verb

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

1. to touch
2. to steal
3. to take
4. to learn
5. to notice

Conjugation

Conjugation of nema (group v-49-52)
infinitive	nema
supine	nomið
participle (a34/a26)1	nemandi	nomin
	present	past
first singular	nemi	nam
second singular	nemur	namst
third singular	nemur	nam
plural	nema	numu/ nómu
	imperative
singular	nem!
plural	nemið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Conjugation

nema — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að nema
supine (sagnbót)		nemið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		nemandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég nem	við nemum	present (nútíð)	ég nemi	við nemum
	þú nemur	þið nemið		þú nemir	þið nemið
	hann, hún, það nemur	þeir, þær, þau nema		hann, hún, það nemi	þeir, þær, þau nemi
past (þátíð)	ég nam	við námum	past (þátíð)	ég næmi	við næmum
	þú namst	þið námuð		þú næmir	þið næmuð
	hann, hún, það nam	þeir, þær, þau námu		hann, hún, það næmi	þeir, þær, þau næmu
imperative (boðháttur)	nem (þú)	nemið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	nemdu	nemiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

neminn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	neminn	nemin	nemið		nemnir	nemnar	nemin
accusative (þolfall)	neminn	nemna	nemið		nemna	nemnar	nemin
dative (þágufall)	nemnum	neminni	nemnu		nemnum	nemnum	nemnum
genitive (eignarfall)	nemins	neminnar	nemins		neminna	neminna	neminna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	nemni	nemna	nemna		nemnu	nemnu	nemnu
accusative (þolfall)	nemna	nemnu	nemna		nemnu	nemnu	nemnu
dative (þágufall)	nemna	nemnu	nemna		nemnu	nemnu	nemnu
genitive (eignarfall)	nemna	nemnu	nemna		nemnu	nemnu	nemnu

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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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma).

Noun

nēma n (genitive nēmatis); third declension

1. yarn, thread

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nēma	nēmata
Genitive	nēmatis	nēmatum
Dative	nēmatī	nēmatibus
Accusative	nēma	nēmata
Ablative	nēmate	nēmatibus
Vocative	nēma	nēmata

References

• “nema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Old Frisian

Verb

nema

1. Alternative form of nima

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

nema (singular past indicative nam, plural past indicative námu, past participle numinn)

1. to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of nema — active (strong class 4)

infinitive	nema
present participle	nemandi
past participle	numinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	nem	nam
2nd-person singular	nemr	namt
3rd-person singular	nemr	nam
1st-person plural	nemum	námum
2nd-person plural	nemið	námuð
3rd-person plural	nema	námu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	nema	næma
2nd-person singular	nemir	næmir
3rd-person singular	nemi	næmi
1st-person plural	nemim	næmim
2nd-person plural	nemið	næmið
3rd-person plural	nemi	næmi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	nem
1st-person plural	nemum
2nd-person plural	nemið

Conjugation of nema — mediopassive (strong class 4)

infinitive	nemask
present participle	nemandisk
past participle	numizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	nemumk	námumk
2nd-person singular	nemsk	namzk
3rd-person singular	nemsk	namsk
1st-person plural	nemumsk	námumsk
2nd-person plural	nemizk	námuzk
3rd-person plural	nemask	námusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	nemumk	næmumk
2nd-person singular	nemisk	næmisk
3rd-person singular	nemisk	næmisk
1st-person plural	nemimsk	næmimsk
2nd-person plural	nemizk	næmizk
3rd-person plural	nemisk	næmisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	nemsk
1st-person plural	nemumsk
2nd-person plural	nemizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: nema
• Faroese: nema
• Danish: nemme
• Old Swedish: nima
  • Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)
• Scanian: nimma

Conjunction

nema

1. except

References

• “nema”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from , *neme-.

Verb

1. to reach for, to touch
2. to pull the seine towards oneself slowly while seine fishing