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3-letter words (1 found)

NIM,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,MI,

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Definitions and meaning of nim

nim

Etymology 1

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nimmed or nam or nom, past participle nimmed or nom or nomen or num)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.
    • 1547 (original; printed 1870), Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge, page 122:
      Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.
    • 1566–1573 (original; printed 1873), John Partridge, The Hystorie of the Moste Noble Knight Plasidas, and Other Rare Pieces, page 106:
      Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come,
      And Pandauola in her armes
      Her Alfyne hath up num
      And kisseth him full ofte […]
  2. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.
    • 1785, Hutton, Bran New Wark, I. 305, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273:
      Nimming and niftering whativver he can try his fists on.
    • 1824 (edition; original 1790), Nairne, Tales, 37, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273:
      They nim a pig, a duck, or fowl.
  3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
    • 1856, Thompson, Hist. Boston, page 716, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273:
      The old lady does nim along.
Related terms
  • benim
  • nimble
  • nimmer
  • numb

Noun

nim (uncountable)

  1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
Derived terms
  • nimber

Etymology 2

Noun

nim (plural nims)

  1. Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”)

See also

  • cu-nim

Anagrams

  • INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.

Afar

Etymology

From ní (“our”) +‎ -m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnim/, [ˈnɪm]
  • Hyphenation: nim

Pronoun

ním (predicative níimi or niimí)

  1. ours

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nim”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 67
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Baatonum

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nīm/

Noun

nim (m-class)

  1. water

Derived terms

  • nim buroru (“species of dove”)
  • nim diira (“to drown”)
  • nim duroru (“waterlily”)
  • nim goobuu (“the plant Pistia stratiotes”)
  • nim gua (“common moorhen”)
  • nim kureru (“tidal wave”)
  • nim tora (“stream”)
  • nim tĩa (“stream; creek”)
  • nim wɔ̃ku (“ocean”)
  • nim nɔru (“thirst”)

References

  • Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum‎[2], Philadelphia: SIL International

Cemuhî

Numeral

nim

  1. five

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɪm]

Pronoun

nim

  1. dative plural of oni, ony, and ona (after a preposition)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnim/, [ˈnim]
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification(key): nim

Noun

nim

  1. nim (game)

Declension

Synonyms

  • nim-peli

Anagrams

  • min

Gothic

Romanization

nim

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِيم (nīm), from Hindi नीम (nīm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nîm/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [nɪ̂ŋ]

Noun

nîm m

  1. neem tree

Descendants

  • → Nupe: nímù

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • ni'm (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi.

Noun

nim

  1. name

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʲim/

Pronoun

nim (only after a preposition)

  1. instrumental of wón
  2. instrumental of wóno
  3. dative of wóni

Related terms

  • (dative of wóni): jim

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niŋ/

Adverb

nim

  1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
  2. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
  3. neither … nor

References

  • https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Mam

Adverb

nim

  1. much

Mokilese

Verb

nim

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink

Old English

Verb

nim

  1. imperative singular of niman

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈ʲiṽʲ/

Noun

nim

  1. dative singular of nem

Mutation

Ottawa

Noun

nim anim

  1. dog

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 482

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲim/
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: nim

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

nim

  1. instrumental/locative of on
  2. instrumental/locative of ono
  3. dative of oni
  4. dative of one

These forms are used only after prepositions.

See also

  • Appendix:Polish pronouns

Etymology 2

Probably a clipping of zanim.

Conjunction

nim

  1. (literary) before
    Synonym: zanim

Further reading

  • nim in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nim in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: nim

Etymology 1

From Hindi नीम (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

  1. neem (Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree of India)

Etymology 2

Blend of não (“no”) +‎ sim (“yes”). Compare German Jein.

Adverb

nim (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

  1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Q'eqchi

Adjective

nim

  1. big, great

Derived terms

  • nimank (“become big”, verb)
  • nimob'resink (“to enlarge, embiggen”, verb)
  • nimroq (“long”, adjective)
  • ninqal (“grandeur; size”)

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [3]

Suga

Noun

nim

  1. water

Sumerian

Romanization

nim

  1. Romanization of 𒉏 (nim)

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • nimm

Etymology

From Old Swedish næmber (“apt, docile”), from Old Norse næmr, from Proto-Germanic *nāmjaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”). Compare Danish Danish nem (“easy”) and Icelandic næmur (“docile, sensitive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

nim (comparative nimmare, superlative nimmast)

  1. (Scania) convenient, handy, practical, easy

Declension

Derived terms

  • nim i fingrarna

References

  • ”nim” in Lundbladh, Carl-Erik (2014) Skånska dialektord, 2nd edition, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen
  • nim in Elias Wessén, Våra ord : deras uttal och ursprung (1979)
  • ”næma” in de Vries, Jan (2000) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 413
  • ”nämber” in Söderwall, K.F. (1884-1918) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket‎[8], volume I-III

Anagrams

  • min

Volapük

Etymology

From English animal (which ultimately derives from Latin animal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nim]

Noun

nim (nominative plural nims)

  1. animal (Animalia)

Declension

Hyponyms

  • hinim
  • jinim
  • nimil
  • nimül

Derived terms

See also

  • bakter
  • böd
  • dinosaur
  • fit
  • fösil
  • lif
  • mafib
  • räptul
  • ruböd
  • rulif
  • süganim

Source: wiktionary.org