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-ime

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English

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Etymology

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From French -ime, from decime, ultimately from Latin -ima.

Suffix

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-ime

  1. Suffix denoting ordinal number.

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-iˈme/ [-ɪˈmɛ]

Verb

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-imé

  1. Used to form passive verbs.

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References

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  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 244
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 279

Italian

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Etymology

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Suffix

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-ime f (noun-forming suffix, plural -imi)

  1. used to create concrete collective nouns
    ‎beccare (“to peck”) + ‎-ime → ‎becchime (“birdseed”)
    ‎mangiare (“to eat”) + ‎-ime → ‎mangime (“fodder”)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin -īmen. Compare also Aromanian -imi.

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    Suffix

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    -ime f (plural -imi)

    1. from adjectives forms nouns denoting quality or state of. -ness, -ity, -hood, -ship, -dom
      Synonyms: -tate, -eață, -ie
    2. forms collective nouns, often indicating a multitude or totality of. -ry (class or group, collection of)
      ‎țăran (“peasant”) + ‎-ime → ‎țărănime (“peasantry”)
    3. from numerals forms nouns meaning a part of a fraction. -th
      ‎opt (“eight”) + ‎-ime → ‎optime (“eighth”)

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative -ime -imea -imi -imile
    genitive-dative -imi -imii -imi -imilor
    vocative -ime, -imeo -imilor

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