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)

Declension

declension of náma

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
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”)
kolanáma (“coal mine”)
varmanáma (“heat reservoir”)
yfirborðsnáma (“strip mine”)

Further reading

“náma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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.[1]

Noun

náma m (genitive námat, plural námait)

enemy

Descendants

Irish: namhaid
Manx: noid
Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “náma(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Umatilla

Pronoun

náma

nominative plural of ín

References

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 2014-2020. Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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