imní

See also: imni

Irish

Alternative forms

• imneadh (archaic)
• imnidhe (superseded)
• imshníomh

Etymology

A conflation of Middle Irish imṡním (“(great) anxiety, grief”), from im- + sním (“twisting”), and Old Irish imned (“sorrow, tribulation”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪmʲəˈnʲiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲɾʲiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲnʲi/

Noun

imní f (genitive singular imní)

1. anxiety, worry, concern

   Tá imní uirthi.

   She is worried.

   (literally, “Anxiety is on her.”)

   Tháinig imní orm.

   I started to worry.

   (literally, “Anxiety came upon me.”)

   Níl aon údar imní ann.

   There’s nothing to worry about.

   (literally, “There is no cause of anxiety.”)

2. eagerness, diligence, care

   Bhuafadh an imní ar an gcinniúint. (proverb)

   Accidents can be avoided with care.

   (literally, “Care could overcome fate.”)

Declension

Declension of imní

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative imní Vocative a imní Genitive imní Dative imní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an imní Genitive na himní Dative leis an imní don imní

Derived terms

• cuir imní ar (“to worry, make anxious”, transitive verb)
• déan imní (“to worry, be anxious”, intransitive verb)
• imníoch (“anxious”, adjective)
• ró-imní f (“neurosis”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imní”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imṡním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imniḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 396
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “imṡníoṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 396
• Entries containing “imní” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “imní” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40