nim

See also: ním and n-im

§English

§Etymology

From Middle English nimen (“to take”), from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *neme- (“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/

§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:

     dorrẹ̅, 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, UK dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

§Derived terms

• benim
• fornim
• forthnim
• outnim
• undernim

§Related terms

• nimble
• numb

§Noun

nim (uncountable)

Wikipedia

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

§Derived terms

• nimber

§Anagrams

• min, min., NMI

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§Gothic

§Romanization

nim

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

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§Lojban

§Rafsi

nim

1. rafsi of ninmu.

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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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§Polish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲĩm]

§Pronoun

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

nim

1. before

§Synonyms

• zanim

§External links

• “nim” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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§Volapük

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nim]

§Noun

nim (plural nims)

1. animal (Animalia)

§Declension

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!

§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 nimavan nimavanik 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