# нам
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]

### Pronoun

нам • (nam)
* dative plural of мы (my)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]
* Rhymes: -am

### Pronoun

нам • (nam) (personal)
* (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* The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form: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.They sent the letter to us.

#### Related terms
## Even
### Etymology

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

### Noun

нам (nam)
* sea

## Kazakh
### Alternative forms

нәм (näm)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَام (nām).

### Noun

нам • (nam)
* (dialectal, Almaty, Kyzylorda, Jambyl) name
    Synonyms: ат (at), есім (esım)

#### Declension
## Macedonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]

### Pronoun

нам • (nam)
* 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: /nam/, [nam]

### Noun

нам • (nam) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam))
* 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
Reflexive possessive forms 
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 :

### Adjective

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

## Northern Mansi
### Etymology

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

### Noun

нам (nam) (Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)
* name
* first name, given name

#### Declension

Sosva, Sygva:
Upper Lozva:

### References

* ↑ 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

Inherited from Old East Slavic намъ (namŭ), from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

нам • (nam)
* dative of мы (my)
    Он дал нам только пару полтинниковOn dal nam tolʹko paru poltinnikovHe only gave us a couple fifty-ruble notes
** 1987, Yegor Letov, “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)
* to us (clitic dative plural of ја̑ (“I”))

#### Declension
## Tajik
### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam), from Proto-Iranian *nábah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

### Noun

нам • (nam)
* moisture
* humidity

#### Derived terms

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: нам

### Pronoun

нам • (nam)
* dative of ми (my)