im

See also Appendix:Variations of "im"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): IM, CMXCIX, cmxcix

Number

im

1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred ninety-nine (999).

See also

• Previous: iim (nine hundred and ninety-eight, 998)
• Next: m (one thousand, 1000)

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Albanian

Adjective

im m (feminine ime, m plural e mi, f plural e mia)

1. my

Declension

declension of im

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	im	ime	e mi	e mia
accusative	tim	time	e mi	e mia
genitive/dative/ablative	tim	sime	të mi	të mia

There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

• im vëlla (“my brother”), ime motër (“my sister”)

These forms are limited to singulars.

pre-noun forms of im

		masculine	feminine
nominative		im	ime
accusative		tim	time
dative		tim	sime

See also

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns

		adjectives			pronouns
		singular	plural		singular	plural
1st person		im	ynë		imi	yni
2nd person		yt	juaj		yti	juaji
3rd person	m	i tij	i tyre		i tiji	i tyri
	f	i saj			i saji
3rd person reflexive		i vet			i veti

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɪm/

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Contraction

im

1. Contraction of in dem; in the

Declension

The preposition in can be used with both accusative and dative objects, but it only contracts with dem as im and with das as ins. Thus, the combination of in with the definite article has the following forms:

	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
accusative	in den	ins	in die	in die
dative	im	im	in der	in den

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Gothic

Romanization

im

1. See 𐌹𐌼

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Irish

FWOTD - 27 January 2013

Etymology

From Old Irish imb, from Proto-Celtic *emban- (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)).

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA: [aimʲ]
• (Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA: [iːmʲ]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: [ɪmʲ]

Noun

im m (genitive ime, nominative plural imeanna)

1. butter
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Declension

Declension of im

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative im imeanna Vocative a im a imeanna Genitive ime imeanna Dative im imeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-im na himeanna Genitive an ime na n-imeanna Dative leis an im don im leis na himeanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
im	n-im	him	t-im
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Nalca

Noun

im

1. sky
2. heaven

Derived terms

• Imik Neyung

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English him.

Pronoun

im

1. he
2. his
3. she
4. it

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• imo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

im ((h)im)

1. him

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronoun declensions

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	sīu	it
Accusative	mī, mik	thī, thik	ina	sīa
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkaro	inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī	gī	sīa	sīa	sīu
Accusative	ūs	īu, gīu
Dative			im
Genitive	ūsar	īuwar, gīuwar	iro

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ĩm]

Pronoun

im

1. Dative of oni

   Ktoś musiał im powiedzieć.

   Someone must have told them.

Conjunction

im

1. im..., tym ...

   im więcej..., tym mniej...

   the more ..., the less ...

   Im większy głód, tym lepiej smakuje jedzenie.

   The bigger the hunger, the better the food tastes.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin līmus.

Noun

im n (plural imuri)

1. (uncommon, regional) mud, dirt, filth

Synonyms

• noroi, murdărie, nămol

Related terms

• imos
• ima

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Scots

Pronoun

im

1. (South Scots, personal) him

Verb

im

1. (South Scots) First person singular simple present form of ti be

See also

• ir
• um
• is

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /im/

Pronoun

im (Cyrillic spelling им)

1. to them (clitic dative plural of ȏn (“he”))
2. to them (clitic dative plural of òno (“it”))
3. to them (clitic dative plural of òna (“she”))

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je, nju	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	-	-	-	-	-	-
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

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Vietnamese

Adjective

im

1. calm, silent, quiet

Verb

im

1. to be quiet, to not talk anymore