nim

See also: ním, n-im, and ним

English

Etymology

From Middle English nimen (“to take”), from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb, nimble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nimmed or nam, past participle nimmed or nomen or num or numb)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take (in all senses); to seize.
   • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:

     dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take one's way; to go.
3. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;

4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Derived terms

• benim
• fornim
• forthnim
• outnim
• undernim

Related terms

• nimble
• numb

Noun

nim (uncountable)

1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Derived terms

• nimber

Anagrams

• INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.

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Gothic

Romanization

nim

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِيم‎ (nīm), from Hindi नीम (nīm).

Noun

nîm m

1. neem tree

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• ni'm (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi.

Noun

nim

1. name

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲim/

Pronoun

nim (only after a preposition)

1. instrumental of wón
2. instrumental of wóno
3. dative of wóni

Related terms

• (dative of wóni): jim

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲiṽʲ/

Noun

nim

1. dative singular of nem

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
nim also nnim after a proclitic	nim pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	nim also nnim after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲim/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

nim

1. instrumental/locative singular of on
2. instrumental/locative singular of ono

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Etymology 2

Conjunction

nim

1. before

   Synonym: zanim

Further reading

• nim in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ/
• Hyphenation: nim

Etymology 1

From Hindi नीम (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

1. neem (Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree of India)

Etymology 2

Blend of não (“no”) +‎ sim (“yes”). Compare German Jein.

Adverb

nim (not comparable)

1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• nimm

Etymology

From Old Swedish næmber (“apt, docile”), from Old Norse næmr, from Proto-Germanic *nāmjaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”). Compare Danish Danish nem (“easy”) and Icelandic næmur (“docile, sensitive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

nim (comparative nimmare, superlative nimmast)

1. (Scania) convenient, handy, practical, easy
   • 2005, “Kamp för att få fram hemtjänstens mat [Struggle to get home care food delivered]”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[1]:

     – Den är ganska nim att köra. Man sitter högt och sådär.

     – It’s quite easy to drive. You sit high up and such.

   • 2008, Anders Fagerström, “Vi grillar engångsgrillar [We use disposable grills]”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[2]:

     Men rätt hanterad är engångsgrillen utan tvekan en nim och trevlig sak på utflykten […]

     But handled properly, the disposable grill is without a doubt a convenient and nice thing to bring to an excursion […]

   • 2010, “Hur var det att ta ut hojen igen? [What was it like to bring out your motorbike again?]”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[3]:

     Och så är det nimmt att komma fram vid vägarbeten och inne i stan när det är tjockt. Sen är det nästan alltid lätt att hitta en parkering också.

     And it’s also easy to get past the roadworks and get around inside the city when it’s crowded. It’s almost always easy to find parking too.

   • 2017, “’Jag behövde förtroende och kärlek - och det fick jag direkt’ [’I needed trust and love - and I got it right away’]”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[4]:

     Sen är det klart att det är nimt att ha Köpenhamn så nära, det är lätt att åka över och träffa kompisar och familj, säger han.

     Then of course it’s convenient that Copenhagen is so close, it’s easy to cross over and meet friends and family, he says.

Declension

Inflection of nim
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	nim	nimmare	nimmast
Neuter singular	nimt	nimmare	nimmast
Plural	nimma	nimmare	nimmast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	nimme	nimmare	nimmaste
All	nimma	nimmare	nimmaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms

• nim i fingrarna

References

• ”nim” in Lundbladh, Carl-Erik (2014) Skånska dialektord, 2nd edition, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen
• nim in Elias Wessén, Våra ord : deras uttal och ursprung (1979)
• ”næma” in de Vries, Jan (2000) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 413
• ”nämber” in Söderwall, K.F. (1884-1918) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket‎^[5], volume I-III, Digitized in ”Fornsvensk lexikalisk databas”

Anagrams

• min

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Volapük

Etymology

From English animal (which ultimately derives from Latin animal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nim]

Noun

nim (nominative plural nims)

1. animal (Animalia)

Declension

declension of nim

	singular	plural
nominative	nim	nims
genitive	nima	nimas
dative	nime	nimes
accusative	nimi	nimis
vocative 1	o nim!	o nims!
predicative 2	nimu	nimus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hinim
• jinim
• nimil
• nimül

Derived terms

Derived terms from nim

• balyelanim
• dämabanim
• fekunanim
• folyelanim
• fösilanim
• genanim
• hinim
• kilyelanim
• krustanim ( = krustaf)
• lodotanim
• lodotanimaluveg
• lodotanimidugan
• lulyelanim
• lunim
• mälyelanim
• melanim
• melanimem
• melanimik
• minimil
• minimilem
• nefekunanim
• nimablud
• nimafom
• nimafomik
• nimafösil
• nimafösilil
• nimakap
• nimakapik
• nimalad
• nimalineg
• nimalueg
• nimalufut
• nimasüm
• nimasümik
• nimav
• nimavik
• nimälamen
• nimälamenik
• nimem

• nimik
• nimil
• nimilem
• nimilik
• niminulüdabog
• niminulüdamabetad
• niminulüdamamiliak
• niminulüdamapisäl
• niminulüdamaplan
• niminulüdaviän
• niminulüdot
• nimül
• nimülam
• nimülem
• nimülamaliev
• nimülamüp
• nimülik
• nimülön
• probodanim ( = probodaf)
• probodanimem
• probodanimik
• pronimbetad
• pronimmeil
• pronimmiliak
• pronimpisäl
• pronimpisäls
• pronimplan
• pronimplanem
• ravalenim
• ravalenimik
• ravanim
• ravanimül
• skömanimil
• süganim
• süganimav
• süganimavan
• süganimik
• telyelanim
• trofodanim
• virebanim

See also

• bakter
• böd
• dinosaur
• fit
• fösil
• lif
• mafib
• räptul
• ruböd
• rulif
• süganim