Noun: nama
Gender: m
Genitive
| Singular | naman |
| Plural | namena |
Dative
| Singular | naman |
| Plural | namum |
Accusative
| Singular | naman |
| Plural | naman |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Nū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ. (Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.)
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Rōse be ǣnigum ōðrum naman stunce swā swōte. (A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.)
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c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
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Ealle naman...bēoþ ġebīgede on fīf declinungum. (All nouns...are inflected in five declensions.)
Nouns inflected like nama
sealma,
cristalla,
snecga,
smitta,
sogoþa,
yrfenuma,
selfbana,
bedreda,
worhana,
uuituma,
merefara,
collecta,
hringedstefna,
wyrtwala,
wyrtruma,
ferðloca,
græshoppa,
ferþloca,
forespreca,
græsstapa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Verbs referencing "nama"
English Nouns
name, Middle English Nouns
name, Latin Nouns
nomen, Old Norse Nouns
nafn, Ancient Greek Nouns
ὄνομα, Gothic Nouns
𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉.
Translations