ìm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

Kalkoti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōm

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás

Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰimás

Sanskrit हि॒म (himá)

Kalkoti ìm

Inherited from Sanskrit हि॒म (himá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰimás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós, from *ǵʰey- + *-ōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìm/

Noun

ìm

1. snow

References

• Liljegren, Henrik (2013), “Notes on Kalkoti: A Shina Language with Strong Kohistani Influences”, in Linguistic Discovery‎^[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI
• Hultman, David (2023) Topics in the grammar of Kalkoti (Thesis)‎^[2], Stockholm University, page 11

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im³¹/

Verb

ìm

1. (Patsho) To hold one's body closely or to hold something closely to one's body.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish imb, imm, from Proto-Celtic *amban, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iːm]

• Audio:

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Noun

ìm m (genitive singular ìme)

1. butter

   fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir

   the rich man's voice prevails

   (literally, “the man of much butter, his voice is the sweetest”)

Mutation

Mutation of ìm

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ìm	n-ìm	h-ìm	t-ìm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “ìm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language