nim

See also: nim-, n-im, ním, nǐm, and ним

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/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
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)

(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 […]
- 2017, Thomas Heywood, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 155:
  Gryndall carefully sets out the difference between seizing or nimming a bird (an outcome that would constitute a partly successful flight) and taking the bird outright: 'And if your Hawke noume [nim, seize] a foule, and the foule breake from her, she hath discomfited many feathers of the foule, and is broken away: but in kindly speech you shall say, your hawke hath noumed or seased a foule, and not taken it'.
(archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
  They'll question Mars, and, by his look,
  Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;
- 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.
- 1821, Apuleius, The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura, page 131:
  But while he fell in some brave exploit, you, I suppose, being provident rogues and thieves of discretion, were on the sure lay, pilfering little thefts among the mob, fearfully nimming a cloak or rifling some old woman's bulk of a stock to set up a piece-broker's shop.
- 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.
- 1854, Oliver Oldham, Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and Selected, in Prose and Poetry, Wherein Wit, Humor, and Mirth are Made the Means of Awakening Interest, and Imparting Instructon : for the Use of Schools and Academies, page 110:
  Shall we go nim a horse, Tom,—what dost think? […] Nim? yes, yes, yes, let's nim with all my heart; I see no harm in nimming, for my part; […] Were it my lord mayor's hourse—I'd nim it first. [...A horse] they stole, or, as they called it, nimmed,
  Just as the twilight all the landscape dimmed. […] What is most likely, is that both these elves
  Were, in like manner, halter-nimmed themselves.
(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.
  
  1949, Wilfrid J. Halliday, Arthur Stanley Umpleby, The White Rose Garland of Yorkshire Dialect Verse and Local and Folk-lore Rhymes (quoting Irene Sutcliffe), page 111:
  Ah had set myself doon where the aums meet aboon,
  When Jinny jamp oop, and ganned nimming alang

Related terms

Noun

nim (uncountable)

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Wikipedia

A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Derived terms

nimber

Etymology 2

Noun

nim (plural nims)

Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”)

Anagrams

INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.

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Etymology

From ní (“our”) +‎ -m.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnim/ [ˈnɪm]

Hyphenation: nim

Pronoun

ním (predicative níimi or niimí)

ours

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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nīm/

Noun

nim (m-class)

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, Philadelphia: SIL International

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Numeral

nim

five

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɲɪm]

Pronoun

nim

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English nim.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnim/, [ˈnim]
Rhymes: -im
Hyphenation^(key): nim

Noun

nim

nim (game)

Declension

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Inflection of nim (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		nim	nimit
genitive		nimin	nimien
partitive		nimiä	nimejä
illative		nimiin	nimeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nim	nimit
accusative	nom.	nim	nimit
accusative	gen.	nimin	nimit
genitive		nimin	nimien
partitive		nimiä	nimejä
inessive		nimissä	nimeissä
elative		nimistä	nimeistä
illative		nimiin	nimeihin
adessive		nimillä	nimeillä
ablative		nimiltä	nimeiltä
allative		nimille	nimeille
essive		niminä	nimeinä
translative		nimiksi	nimeiksi
abessive		nimittä	nimeittä
instructive		—	nimein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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Possessive forms of nim (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		nimini	nimini
accusative	nom.	nimini	nimini
accusative	gen.	nimini	nimini
genitive		nimini	nimieni
partitive		nimiäni	nimejäni
inessive		nimissäni	nimeissäni
elative		nimistäni	nimeistäni
illative		nimiini	nimeihini
adessive		nimilläni	nimeilläni
ablative		nimiltäni	nimeiltäni
allative		nimilleni	nimeilleni
essive		niminäni	nimeinäni
translative		nimikseni	nimeikseni
abessive		nimittäni	nimeittäni
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	nimeineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		nimisi	nimisi
accusative	nom.	nimisi	nimisi
accusative	gen.	nimisi	nimisi
genitive		nimisi	nimiesi
partitive		nimiäsi	nimejäsi
inessive		nimissäsi	nimeissäsi
elative		nimistäsi	nimeistäsi
illative		nimiisi	nimeihisi
adessive		nimilläsi	nimeilläsi
ablative		nimiltäsi	nimeiltäsi
allative		nimillesi	nimeillesi
essive		niminäsi	nimeinäsi
translative		nimiksesi	nimeiksesi
abessive		nimittäsi	nimeittäsi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	nimeinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		nimimme	nimimme
accusative	nom.	nimimme	nimimme
accusative	gen.	nimimme	nimimme
genitive		nimimme	nimiemme
partitive		nimiämme	nimejämme
inessive		nimissämme	nimeissämme
elative		nimistämme	nimeistämme
illative		nimiimme	nimeihimme
adessive		nimillämme	nimeillämme
ablative		nimiltämme	nimeiltämme
allative		nimillemme	nimeillemme
essive		niminämme	nimeinämme
translative		nimiksemme	nimeiksemme
abessive		nimittämme	nimeittämme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	nimeinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		niminne	niminne
accusative	nom.	niminne	niminne
accusative	gen.	niminne	niminne
genitive		niminne	nimienne
partitive		nimiänne	nimejänne
inessive		nimissänne	nimeissänne
elative		nimistänne	nimeistänne
illative		nimiinne	nimeihinne
adessive		nimillänne	nimeillänne
ablative		nimiltänne	nimeiltänne
allative		nimillenne	nimeillenne
essive		niminänne	nimeinänne
translative		nimiksenne	nimeiksenne
abessive		nimittänne	nimeittänne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	nimeinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		niminsä	niminsä
accusative	nom.	niminsä	niminsä
accusative	gen.	niminsä	niminsä
genitive		niminsä	nimiensä
partitive		nimiään nimiänsä	nimejään nimejänsä
inessive		nimissään nimissänsä	nimeissään nimeissänsä
elative		nimistään nimistänsä	nimeistään nimeistänsä
illative		nimiinsä	nimeihinsä
adessive		nimillään nimillänsä	nimeillään nimeillänsä
ablative		nimiltään nimiltänsä	nimeiltään nimeiltänsä
allative		nimilleen nimillensä	nimeilleen nimeillensä
essive		niminään niminänsä	nimeinään nimeinänsä
translative		nimikseen nimiksensä	nimeikseen nimeiksensä
abessive		nimittään nimittänsä	nimeittään nimeittänsä
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	nimeineen nimeinensä

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Synonyms

nim-peli

Anagrams

min

Romanization

nim

Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nîm m

neem tree

Descendants

→ Nupe: nímù

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nim]

Adjective

nim

big, great, enormous

Derived terms

nimarik (“become big”, verb)
nimarisaxik (“to cause to enlarge, embiggen”, verb)
nimaq (“large (plural)”, adjective)
unimal (“grandeur; size”)
nim upam (“large, deep, profound”)
nimaq’ij (“party, fiesta, birthday”)

Alternative forms

ni'm (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi.

Noun

nim

name

Declension

More information singular (ikšlug), plural (pǟgiņlug) ...

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	nim	nimūd
genitive (genitīv)	nim	nimūd
partitive (partitīv)	nimmõ	nimīdi
dative (datīv)	nimmõn	nimūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	nimkõks	nimūdõks
illative (illatīv)	nimmõ	nimīž
inessive (inesīv)	nimsõ nims	nimīs
elative (elatīv)	nimstõ nimst	nimīst

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Declension of nim (76)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nʲim/

Pronoun

nim (only after a preposition)

Related terms

(dative of wóni): jim

Etymology

From Portuguese nem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /niŋ/

Adverb

nim

not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
Miguel nim sábi papiâ bêm-fêto Patuá
Miguel doesn't even know how to speak Macanese well
do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
neither … nor

References

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

Adverb

nim

much

Verb

nim (progressive nimnim)

(transitive, intransitive) to drink

Verb

nim

imperative singular of niman

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [n͈ʲiβ̃ʲ]

Noun

nim

dative singular of nem

Mutation

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Mutation of *nim*
radical	lenition	nasalization
nim also nnim after a proclitic ending in a vowel	nim pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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Noun

nim anim

dog

References

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɲim/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
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

These forms are used only after prepositions.

Etymology 2

Probably a clipping of zanim.

Conjunction

nim

(literary) before
Synonym: zanim

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ/

Rhymes: -ĩ
Hyphenation: nim

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

neem (Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree of India)

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

nim (not comparable)

(humorous, neologism) yes and no

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

(humorous, neologism) yes and no

Adjective

nim

big, great

Derived terms

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

Alternative forms

im

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲim]

Pronoun

nim

dative of oni and ony

Usage notes

Used after prepositions.

Noun

nim

water

Romanization

nim

Romanization of 𒉏 (nim)

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)

(Scania) convenient, handy, practical, easy
- 2005, “Kamp för att få fram hemtjänstens mat [Struggle to get home care food delivered]”, in Sydsvenskan‎:
  – Den är ganska nim att köra. Man sitter högt och sådär.
  – It’s quite easy to drive. You sit high up and such.
- 2008, Anders Fagerström, “Vi grillar engångsgrillar [We use disposable grills]”, in Sydsvenskan‎:
  Men rätt hanterad är engångsgrillen utan tvekan en nim och trevlig sak på utflykten […]
  But handled properly, the disposable grill is without a doubt a convenient and nice thing to bring to an excursion […]
- 2010, “Hur var det att ta ut hojen igen? [What was it like to bring out your motorbike again?]”, in Sydsvenskan‎:
  Och så är det nimmt att komma fram vid vägarbeten och inne i stan när det är tjockt. Sen är det nästan alltid lätt att hitta en parkering också.
  And it’s also easy to get past the roadworks and get around inside the city when it’s crowded. It’s almost always easy to find parking too.
- 2017, “’Jag behövde förtroende och kärlek - och det fick jag direkt’ [’I needed trust and love - and I got it right away’]”, in Sydsvenskan‎:
  Sen är det klart att det är nimt att ha Köpenhamn så nära, det är lätt att åka över och träffa kompisar och familj, säger han.
  Then of course it’s convenient that Copenhagen is so close, it’s easy to cross over and meet friends and family, he says.

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Inflection of *nim*
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	nim	nimmare	nimmast
neuter singular	nimt	nimmare	nimmast
plural	nimma	nimmare	nimmast
masculine plural²	nimme	nimmare	nimmast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	nimme	nimmare	nimmaste
all	nimma	nimmare	nimmaste

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¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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, volume I-III

Anagrams

min

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nim]

Noun

nim (nominative plural nims)

animal (Animalia)

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	nim	nims
genitive	nima	nimas
dative	nime	nimes
accusative	nimi	nimis
vocative ¹	o nim!	o nims!
predicative ²	nimu	nimus

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declension of nim

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

hinim
jinim
nimil
nimül

Derived terms

Derived terms from nim

balyelanim
dämabanim
fekunanim
folyelanim
fösilanim
genanim
hinim
kilyelanim
krustanim ( = krustaf)
lodotanim
lodotanimaluveg
lodotanimidugan
lulyelanim
lunim
mälyelanim
melanim
melanimem
melanimik
minimil
minimilem
nefekunanim
nimablud
nimafom
nimafomik
nimafösil
nimafösilil
nimakap
nimakapik
nimalad
nimalineg
nimalueg
nimalufut
nimasüm
nimasümik
nimav
nimavik
nimälamen
nimälamenik
nimem
nimik
nimil
nimilem
nimilik
niminulüdabog
niminulüdamabetad
niminulüdamamiliak
niminulüdamapisäl
niminulüdamaplan
niminulüdaviän
niminulüdot
nimül
nimülam
nimülem
nimülamaliev
nimülamüp
nimülik
nimülön
probodanim ( = probodaf)
probodanimem
probodanimik
pronimbetad
pronimmeil
pronimmiliak
pronimpisäl
pronimpisäls
pronimplan
pronimplanem
ravalenim
ravalenimik
ravanim
ravanimül
skömanimil
süganim
süganimav
süganimavan
süganimik
telyelanim
trofodanim
virebanim

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Singular	yím	kúm	kayím	tetím
Plural	ním	siním	kením

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