maim

English

Etymology

Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner; see mayhem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

maim (third-person singular simple present maims, present participle maiming, simple past and past participle maimed)

1. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

Synonyms

• mutilate

Translations

to cause permanent loss

• Arabic: شوه (ar) (sháwiha), بتر (ar) (bátara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘害 (cmn), 残害 (cmn) (cánhài), 致殘 (cmn), 致残 (cmn) (zhìcán)

• Danish: lemlæste
• Finnish: vammauttaa, silpoa, runnella
• French: mutiler (fr), estropier (fr)
• German: verstümmeln (de), verschandeln (de)
• Hungarian: csonkít (hu)

• Icelandic: limlesta (is)
• Japanese: 不具にする (ja) (ふぐにする, fugu-ni surú)
• Macedonian: осакатува (mk) (osakátuva)
• Portuguese: mutilar (pt)
• Romanian: mutila (ro)
• Russian: увечить (ru) (uvéčit') impf., калечить (ru) (kaléčit') impf., уродовать (ru) (uródovat') impf.
• Spanish: mutilar (es)
• Swedish: lemlästa, stympa

Derived terms

• maimer

Anagrams

• imam
• I'mma

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- ("to measure"). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *mēdye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh₁-ye/o- from *meh₁- (“to measure”) (whence Latin mētior). Compare Tocharian A mem.

Noun

maim

1. thought, thinking

   enenkaś paspārtau cwi maim palskw attsaik

   "completely turned inward [is] his thought and spirit"