nim

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

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Verb[edit]

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.
  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.

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Noun[edit]

nim (uncountable)

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

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Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nim

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nîm m

  1. neem tree

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

nim (or alternate rafsi ni'u )

  1. rafsi of ninmu (“female person”).

Lower Sorbian[edit]

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Pronoun[edit]

nim (only after a preposition)

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

Related terms[edit]

  • (dative of wóni): jim

Polish[edit]

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Pronoun[edit]

nim

  1. Instrumental singular form of on
  2. Locative singular form of on
  3. Instrumental singular form of ono
  4. Locative singular form of ono

Conjunction[edit]

nim

  1. before

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Further reading[edit]

  • nim in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nim m (plural nins)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

nim (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Noun[edit]

nim m (plural nins)

  1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English animal (which ultimalely derives from Latin animal)

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Noun[edit]

nim (plural nims)

  1. animal (Animalia)

Declension[edit]

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

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Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms from nim

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