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

   Synonyms: geymir, banki, forðabúr, lind

Declension

Declension of náma (feminine)

	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

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.

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

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnaːma/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈnaːma/

Pronoun

náma

1. dative/instrumental of vě

Umatilla

Pronoun

náma

1. nominative plural of ín

References

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