име

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ime"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę), from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimɛ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -imɛ
• Syllabification^(key): и‧ме
• Hyphenation^(key): име

Noun

и́ме • (íme) n (relational adjective и́менен)

1. name, appellation
2. reputation, name
3. (grammar) (a term similar to) noun (broad sense)

   съществи́телно и́ме ― sǎštestvítelno íme ― noun (narrow sense), substantive

   прилага́телно и́ме ― prilagátelno íme ― adjective

   числи́телно и́ме ― čislítelno íme ― numeral, number

Declension

Declension of и́ме

	singular	plural
indefinite	и́ме íme	имена́ imená
definite	и́мето ímeto	имена́та imenáta

Derived terms

phrases

• в и́мето на (v ímeto na)
• изли́за ми и́ме (izlíza mi íme)

References

• “име”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “име”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *imə, from Proto-Uralic *äjmä. Cognate with Western Mari им (im).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈime/
• Rhymes: -ime
• Hyphenation: име

Noun

име • (ime)

1. needle, sewing needle
2. (botany) needle, spike, thorn
3. (zoology) spine
4. (technical) needle

Declension

Declension of име

		singular	plural
nominative		име (ime)	име-влак (ime-vlak)
accusative		имем (imem)	име-влакым (ime-vlakym)
genitive		имен (imen)	име-влакын (ime-vlakyn)
dative		имелан (imelan)	име-влаклан (ime-vlaklan)
comitative		имеге (imege)	име-влакге (ime-vlakge)
comparative		имела (imela)	име-влакла (ime-vlakla)
inessive		имеште (imešte)	име-влакыште (ime-vlakyšte)
illative	short	имеш (imeš)	име-влакыш (ime-vlakyš)
	long	имешке (imeške)	име-влакышке (ime-vlakyške)
lative		имеш (imeš)	име-влакеш (ime-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of име

	singular	plural
1st person	имем (imem)	имена (imena)
2nd person	имет (imet)	имеда (imeda)
3rd person	имеже (imeže)	имешт (imešt)

References

• V. M. Vasiljev; Z. V. Uchaev (2003), “име”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
• J. Bradley et al. (2023), “име”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

име • (ime) n (plural имиња, diminutive именце)

1. name

Declension

Declension of име

	singular	plural
indefinite	име (ime)	имиња (iminja)
definite unspecified	името (imeto)	имињата (iminjata)
definite proximal	имево (imevo)	имињава (iminjava)
definite distal	имено (imeno)	имињана (iminjana)
vocative	име (ime)	имиња (iminja)

References

• име in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Mator

Alternative forms

• име̄ (imē)

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ejmä, from Proto-Uralic *äjmä.

Noun

име (ime)

1. needle

References

• E. Helimski (1997), N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[1] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 253

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• jime (Chakavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îme/
• Hyphenation: и‧ме

Noun

и̏ме n (Latin spelling ȉme)

1. name

   Жена без имена ― Woman without a name (song by Vlado Georgiev)

Declension

Declension of име

	singular	plural
nominative	и̏ме	имѐна
genitive	и̏мена	име́на̄
dative	имену	именима
accusative	име	имена
vocative	име	имена
locative	имену	именима
instrumental	именом	именима

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ime.

Derived terms

• и̏менскӣ
• и̏меновати

Related terms

• прѐзиме