Jastrow: נַמִּי

נַמִּי adv. (= נְהֵי מִי; cmp. ויהי מה II Sam. XVIII, 23) at all events, really, even, likewise. Pes. 102ᵃ נימא ניהוי תיובתיה נ׳ מהא Ms. M. (ed. נימא מהא נ׳ תיהוי תיובתא) I mean to say, at all events (even if the previous objection could be met) he will stand refuted from this citation; Erub. 30ᵃ. Pes. 114ᵃ, a. fr. הכא נ׳ (abbrev. ה"נ), v. הָכָא. Yoma 64ᵃ נהי נ׳, v. נְהֵי II.—הכי נ׳ (abbrev. ה"נ) it is really so; is it really so? Ḥag. 11ᵇ ה"נ will you say, it is really so (that this subject must be taught only in the presence of three students)? Ḥull. 11ᵇ sq. ה"נ דלא וכ׳ (will you say) it is really so that he ate no meat?; וכי תימא ה"נ וכ׳ and if you will say, ‘yes, it is so’, what about sacred meat? Ib. 12ᵃ אפי׳ תרומה נ׳ then you must say ‘yes’ even with regard to T’rumah; אפי׳ שחיטה נ׳ לא then you must say ‘no’ even with regard to slaughtering. Ib. אי נ׳ שמע אינש אחרינא Rashi (ed. incorr.) even if another person did overhear it. Ib. 51ᵃ והאי נ׳ וכ׳ and this animal has really measured its strength. B. Mets. 98ᵃ, a. fr. אי נ׳ or indeed (which would be better).—R. Hash. 22ᵇ, a. fr. הכי נ׳ מסתברא so, indeed, it stands to reason. Ib., a. fr. תניא נ׳ הכי so, indeed, it has been taught. Ber. 4ᵇ מה קימה … אף שכיבה נ׳ וכ׳ as on getting up you must recite …, so on lying down likewise &c.; a. v. fr.