Meaning of nema | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to take, capture
   strong, verb
2. to mine (ore, coal, etc.)
   strong, verb
3. to amount to
   strong, verb
4. to detect, perceive
   strong, verb
5. to study (a specified subject)
   strong, verb
6. an auxiliary verb used with a main verb in the infinitive; this construction has the same meaning as the main verb, its inflection simply being transferred to the auxiliary, and serves merely to obtain a fitting rhyme and syllable structure
   poetic, strong, verb
7. to touch, to reach
   strong, verb

Equivalents

Examples

“Augað er það skynfæri er nemur ljós.”

The eye is the (that) organ which detects light.

“Ég nem frönsku.”

I study French.

“Bjarni nam ei fálkann fá”

Bjarni did not get the falcon (i.e. the Order of the Falcon)

CEFR level