imma

See also: Imma

English

Contraction

imma

1. Alternative spelling of Imma.

Anagrams

• Imam, Mami, imam, maim, mami

Gothic

Romanization

imma

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā, “as for, as regards, but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪm.ma/

Conjunction

imma

1. but

   Synonyms: iżda, (colloquial) però

   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

     Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
     Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
     Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

     Last night I had a dream.
     A pleasant dream, but strange.
     Actually, it's a recurring dream.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From imb (“around”).

Particle

imma (triggers eclipsis)

1. reciprocal verbal particle followed by dependent form of verb: each other

   ‎imma (“each other”) + ‎ad·ciat (“they look”) → ‎imma·aiccet (“they look at each other”) (forms of ad·cí (“to see”))

Etymology 2

Univerbation of imb (“around”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Alternative forms

• imme

Determiner

imma (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. around his/her/its/their
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23^b10

     Hó goistiu .i. do·bert goiste imma brágait fadesin ɔid·marb, húare nád ndigni Abisolón a chomairli.

     By a noose, i.e. he put a noose around his own neck so that it killed him, because Absalom did not follow his advice.

     (literally, “do his advice”)

Swedish

Etymology

Historically in the form em and im. The form em is from Old Swedish ēmber, from Old Norse eimr. The form im is either derived from em, or from Old Norse ím. From Proto-Germanic *aimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

imma c

1. steam, vapour
2. condensation, misting (on windows etc)

Declension

Declension of imma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	imma	immas
	definite	imman	immans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• immig

Verb

imma (present immar, preterite immade, supine immat, imperative imma)

1. mist (to form mist or to cover with mist)

Conjugation

Conjugation of imma (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	imma		immas
Supine	immat		immats
Imperative	imma		—
Imper. plural1	immen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	immar	immade	immas	immades
Ind. plural1	imma	immade	immas	immades
Subjunctive2	imme	immade	immes	immades
	Participles
Present participle	immande
Past participle	immad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• imma igen

Further reading

• imma in Svensk ordbok.
• imma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• imam, mima