нам

See also: ням and Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

1. dative plural of мы (my)

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]
• Rhymes: -am

Pronoun

нам • (nam) (personal)

1. (dated) full form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us

   Нам пратиха писмото.

   Nam pratiha pismoto.

   The letter was sent to us.

Usage notes

• The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:

  На нас пратиха писмото.

  Na nas pratiha pismoto.

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)		Dative (indirect complement)		Prepositional
				Full	Short	Full	Short
Singular	First	—	аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	Second	Informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		Formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	Third	Masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		Feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		Neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
Plural	First	—	ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	Second	Informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		Formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	Third	—	те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Bulgarian personal pronouns

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *laamu, cognate with Evenki ламу (lamu), Manchu ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu), Nanai намо (namo).

Noun

нам (nam)

1. sea

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

1. long indirect object form of ние (nie)

Usage notes

• This pronoun form is often incorrectly replaced with the direct/prepositional object form нас (nas).

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/, [nam]

Noun

нам • (nam) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam))

1. a (political) party

   бүгд найрамдах нам ― bügd najramdax nam ― a republican party

Declension

attributive	нам nam
	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	нам nam	намууд namuud
genitive	намын namyn	намуудын namuudyn
accusative	намыг namyg	намуудыг namuudyg
dative-locative	намд namd	намуудад namuudad
ablative	намаас namaas	намуудаас namuudaas
instrumental	намаар namaar	намуудаар namuudaar
comitative	намтай namtaj	намуудтай namuudtaj
privative	намгүй namgüj	намуудгүй namuudgüj
directive	нам руу nam ruu	намууд руу namuud ruu

	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	намаа namaa	намуудаа namuudaa
genitive	намынхаа namynxaa	намуудынхаа namuudynxaa
accusative	намыгаа namygaa	намуудыгаа namuudygaa
dative-locative	намдаа namdaa	намууддаа namuuddaa
ablative	намаасаа namaasaa	намуудаасаа namuudaasaa
instrumental	намаараа namaaraa	намуудаараа namuudaaraa
comitative	намтайгаа namtajgaa	намуудтайгаа namuudtajgaa
privative	намгүйгээ namgüjgee	намуудгүйгээ namuudgüjgee
directive	нам руугаа nam ruugaa	намууд руугаа namuud ruugaa

independent genitive	singular / indefinite	definite plural
singular possession	намынх namynx	намуудынх namuudynx
collective possession	намынхан namynxan	намуудынхан namuudynxan

Declension of нам (а-harmonic regular ууд-pl) 

Reflexive possessive forms 

Adjective

нам • (nam) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam))

1. low

Northern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Mansi *nä̆mɜ, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Hungarian név, Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.^[1]

Noun

нам (nam) (Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)

1. name
2. first name, given name

Declension

Sosva, Sygva:

Inflection of нам (nam)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	нам (nam)	намыг (namyg)	намыт (namyt)
locative	намт (namt)	намыгт (namygt)	намытт (namytt)
lative	намн (namn)	намыгн (namygn)	намытн (namytn)
ablative	намныл (namnyl)	намыгныл (namygnyl)	намытныл (namytnyl)
instrumental	намыл (namyl)	намыгныл (namygnyl)	намытыл (namytyl)
translative	намыг (namyg)	――	――
caritive	намта̄л (namtāl)	――	――

Possessive forms of нам (nam)
possessor	single possession	double possession	multiple possession
1st person sing.	намум (namum)	намагум (namagum)	наманум (namanum)
2nd person sing.	намын (namyn)	намагын (namagyn)	наман (naman)
3rd person sing.	наме (name)	намаге (namage)	наманэ (namanè)
1st person dual	намме̄н (nammēn)	намагаме̄н (namagamēn)	наманаме̄н (namanamēn)
2nd person dual	намы̄н (namȳn)	намагы̄н (namagȳn)	наманы̄н (namanȳn)
3rd person dual	наме̄ (namē)	намаге̄н (namagēn)	наманэ̄н (namanè̄n)
1st person plural	намув (namuv)	намагув (namaguv)	наманув (namanuv)
2nd person plural	намы̄н (namȳn)	намагы̄н (namagȳn)	наманы̄н (namanȳn)
3rd person plural	наманыл (namanyl)	намага̄ныл (namagānyl)	нама̄ныл (namānyl)

Upper Lozva:

Inflection of нам (nam)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	нам (nam)	намый (namyj)	намыт (namyt)
locative	намт (namt)	намыййт (namyjjt)	намытт (namytt)
lative	намн (namn)	намыййн (namyjjn)	намытн (namytn)
ablative	намныл (namnyl)	намыййныл (namyjjnyl)	намытныл (namytnyl)
instrumental	намыл (namyl)	намыййныл (namyjjnyl)	намытыл (namytyl)
translative	намый (namyj)	――	――
caritive	намта̄л (namtāl)	――	――

Possessive forms of нам (nam)
possessor	single possession	double possession	multiple possession
1st person sing.	намум (namum)	намайум (namajum)	наманум (namanum)
2nd person sing.	намын (namyn)	намайын (namajyn)	наман (naman)
3rd person sing.	наме (name)	намайе (namaje)	наманэ (namanè)
1st person dual	намме̄н (nammēn)	намайаме̄н (namajamēn)	наманаме̄н (namanamēn)
2nd person dual	намы̄н (namȳn)	намагы̄н (namagȳn)	наманы̄н (namanȳn)
3rd person dual	наме̄ (namē)	намайе̄н (namajēn)	наманэ̄н (namanè̄n)
1st person plural	намув (namuv)	намайув (namajuv)	наманув (namanuv)
2nd person plural	намы̄н (namȳn)	намайы̄н (namajȳn)	наманы̄н (namanȳn)
3rd person plural	наманыл (namanyl)	намайа̄ныл (namajānyl)	нама̄ныл (namānyl)

References

1. Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

• Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsy and Kálmán
• “нам”, in Northern Mansi-Hungarian dictionary, Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2023
• Rombandejeva, Je. I., Kuzakova, Je. A. (1982) Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [曼西語-俄語和俄語-曼西語詞典], Leningrad: Prosveščenije, page 227

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

1. dative of мы (my)

   Он дал нам только пару полтинников

   On dal nam tolʹko paru poltinnikov

   He only gave us a couple fifty-ruble notes

   • 1987, Yegor Letov (lyrics and music), “Перемена погоды”:

     Нам [надо попасть] в тринадцатый вагон. Любера, оставайтесь вон,
     укрепляйте свои ряды, защищайте Афганистан.

     Nam [nado popastʹ] v trinadcatyj vagon. Ljubera, ostavajtesʹ von,
     ukrepljajte svoi rjady, zaščiščajte Afganistan.

     We need to get in the thirteenth railroad car. Stay away, lyubers,
     keep strengthening your ranks, keep defending Afghanistan.

   • 1928/1972, A.Platonov, Chevengur:

     Но ведь я не знаю ее лица! Как же нам быть, товарищ Чиклин, когда она придет?

     No vedʹ ja ne znaju jeje lica! Kak že nam bytʹ, tovarišč Čiklin, kogda ona pridet?

     But I don't know her face! How shall we act, comrade Chiklin, when she comes?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

нам (Latin spelling nam)

1. to us (clitic dative plural of ја̑ (“I”))

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ја̑	ми̑
genitive	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
dative	ме̏ни, ми	на̏ма, нам
accusative	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
vocative	—	ми̑
locative	ме̏ни	на̏ма
instrumental	мно̑м, мно́ме	на̏ма

Declension of нам

Tajik

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam).

Noun

Dari	نم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нам

нам • (nam)

1. moisture
2. humidity

Derived terms

• намдор (namdor)
• намкаш (namkaš)
• намнок (namnok)
• шабнам (šabnam)

 

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

нам • (nam)

1. dative of ми (my)