FromProto-Balto-Slavic*damús(“house”); The irregulard >n change in Baltic is attributed either todissimilation (in expressions likedarītnamu(“to make a house”)), or to influence from Iranic languages (compareAvestan𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀(nmāna,“quarters, house”) alongside𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀(dəmāna), suggesting the existence of an Iranian form*nam-). Another suggestion was thatProto-Baltic*nam- could come from*nm̥- <*dm̥-, thezero grade form ofProto-Indo-European*dṓm. Yet another possibility is the influence of the stem of words likeAncient Greekνέμω(némō,“to tend, to distribute, to take to pasture”),νομός(nomós,“pasture; division, distribution; residence, dwelling”). Cognates includeLithuaniannãmas,Old Church Slavonicдомъ(domŭ),Belarusianдом(dom),Bulgarianдом(dom),Russianдом(dom),Ukrainianдім(dim),Czechdům (genitivedomu),Polishdom,Sanskritदम(dáma),Old Armenianտուն(tun),Ancient Greekδόμος(dómos),Latindomus.[1]
nams m (1st declension)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nams | nami |
| genitive | nama | namu |
| dative | namam | namiem |
| accusative | namu | namus |
| instrumental | namu | namiem |
| locative | namā | namos |
| vocative | nam | nami |
nams