Noun: nams
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | nams |
| Accusative | namu |
| Genitive | nama |
| Dative | namam |
| Instrumental | namu |
| Locative | namā |
| Vocative | nam |
Plural
| Nominative | nami |
| Accusative | namus |
| Genitive | namu |
| Dative | namiem |
| Instrumental | namiem |
| Locative | namos |
| Vocative | nami |
Sample Sentences
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dzīvojamais nams (residential house)
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daudzstāvu nams (multi-storey house)
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vairākdzīvokļu nams (many-apartment house, building)
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īres nams (rent house (= apartment building, i.e., a building with apartments to rent))
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kāzu nams (wedding house (= celebration))
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nama māte, namamāte (hostess (of a party, celebration))
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Rotšildu nams (the house (= family) of Rothschild)
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zinātnes un tehnikas nams (House of Science and Technology)
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kultūras nams (House of Culture)
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sporta nams (sports club)
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mēbeļu nams (furniture house)
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bērnu nams, bērnunams (children's home (= orphanage))
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Baltais nams (the White House)
Nouns inflected like nams
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *damús (“house”); The irregular d > n change in Baltic is attributed either to dissimilation (in expressions like darīt namu (“to make a house”)), or to influence from Iranic languages (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (nmāna, “quarters, house”) alongside 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (dəmāna), suggesting the existence of an Iranian form *nam-). Another suggestion was that Proto-Baltic *nam- could come from *nm̥- < *dm̥-, the zero grade form of Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Yet another possibility is the influence of the stem of words like Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, “to tend, to distribute, to take to pasture”), νομός (nomós, “pasture; division, distribution; residence, dwelling”). Cognates include Lithuanian nãmas, Old Church Slavonic домъ (domŭ), Belarusian дом (dom), Bulgarian дом (dom), Russian дом (dom), Ukrainian дім (dim), Czech dům (genitive domu), Polish dom, Sanskrit दम (dáma), Old Armenian տուն (tun), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Latin domus. See: Belarusan Nouns '
дом', Bulgarian Nouns '
дом', Russian Nouns '
дом', Ukrainian Nouns '
дім', Czech Nouns '
dům', Polish Nouns '
dom', Ancient Greek Nouns '
δόμος', Latin Nouns '
domus'.
Verbs referencing "nams"
English Nouns
timber.
Translations