num

See also: núm, num., Num., núm., n'um, nu'm, and ǂnûm

English

Noun

num (plural nums)

1. Abbreviation of number.
2. (grammar) Abbreviation of numeral.

Alternative forms

• num.

Derived terms

• num lock

 

Interjection

num

1. (colloquial) Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

Alternative forms

• nom

Related terms

• nom
• num-num

Anagrams

• MUN, mun, nmu, unm., Mun., Mun

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnum/ [ˈnʊm]
• Hyphenation: num

Noun

núm m 

1. man, male
2. person, human being
3. mankind, humanity

Pronoun

núm

1. someone

Declension

Declension of núm
absolutive	núm
predicative	númu
subjective	núm
genitive	numtín
Postpositioned forms l-case númul k-case númuk t-case númut h-case númuh

Derived terms

• (diminutive): numóyta

See also

• labhá (“men”)

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “num”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /num/, [nʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /num/, [num]

Adverb

num (not comparable)

1. now (only in the phrase etiam num)
2. (in a direct question) a particle usually expecting a negation

   Num Sparta īnsula est? — Nōn est īnsula.

   Sparta is not an island, is it? — It's not an island.

3. (in an indirect question) whether

Derived terms

• numne
• numquid
• nunc

See also

• nōnne

References

• “num”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “num”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• num in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
    

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nummi. Cognates include Finnish nummi.

Noun

num

1. heather

Old French

Noun

num oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural num)

1. Alternative form of nom

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• n'um (dated)
• nũ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ/

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: num

Etymology 1

Contraction

num (feminine numa, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural numas)

1. Contraction of em um (“in a (masculine)”).
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 400:

     Não devia estar num quarto particular?

     Shouldn't he be in a private room?

Usage notes

The contraction is never obligatory and sometimes avoided in formal written Brazilian Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

Etymology 2

Adverb

num (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of não.
   • 1871, Júlio César Machado, Da Loucura e das Manias em Portugal, Estudos Humoristicos, Livraria de A. M. Pereira, page 18:

     Eu num estou doido […] !

     I'm not crazy […] !

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• nom (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

num m (plural nums)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) name

Sumerian

Romanization

num

1. Romanization of 𒉏 (num)