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, nomen, 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, 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

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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