imní
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
A conflation of Middle Irish imṡním (“(great) anxiety, grief”), from im- + sním (“twisting”), and Old Irish imned (“sorrow, tribulation”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
imní f (genitive singular imní)
- 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.”)
- eagerness, diligence, care
- Proverb: Bhuafadh an imní ar an gcinniúint.
- Accidents can be avoided with care.
- (literally, “Care could overcome fate.”)
- Proverb:
Declension
Declension of imní
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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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 | |||
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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. |
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imní”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imṡním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “imní”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “imní”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024