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{{also|nim-|n-im|ním|nǐm|ним}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|nimen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|niman|t=to take}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*neman}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*nemaną|t=to take}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*nem-|t=to give or take one's due}}.

Cognate with {{cog|stq|nieme|t=to take}}, {{cog|fy|nimme|t=to take}}, {{cog|nl|nemen|t=to take}}, {{cog|nds|nehmen|t=to take}}, {{cog|de|nehmen|t=to take}}, {{cog|da|nemme|t=to learn, grasp}}. Related to {{m|en|numb}} and {{m|en|nimble}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/nɪm/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-nim.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪm|s=1}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=nam|past3=nom|past_ptc2=nom|past_ptc3=nomen|past_ptc4=num}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[take]] or [[seize]].
#* '''1547''' (original; printed '''1870'''), Andrew Boorde, ''The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge'', page 122:
#*: Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; {{...}} '''Nym''' me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.
#* '''1566–1573''' (original; printed '''1873'''), John Partridge, ''The Hystorie of the Moste Noble Knight Plasidas, and Other Rare Pieces'', page 106:
#*: Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come, <br> And Pandauola in her armes <br> Her Alfyne hath up '''num''' <br> And kisseth him full ofte {{...}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2017
|author=Thomas Heywood
|title=A Woman Killed With Kindness
|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing
|isbn=9781408151969
|page=155
|passage=Gryndall carefully sets out the difference between seizing or '''nimming''' a bird (an outcome that would constitute a partly successful flight) and taking the bird outright: &#39;And if your Hawke noume [nim, seize] a foule, and the foule breake from her, she hath discomfited many feathers of the foule, and is broken away: but in kindly speech you shall say, your hawke hath noumed or seased a foule, and not taken it'.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic|slang|transitive}} To [[filch]], [[steal]], [[pilfer]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1663|title=w:Hudibras|author=Samuel Butler|section=part 1, [[s:Hudibras/Part 1/Canto 1|canto 1]]
|passage=They'll question Mars, and, by his look, <br> Detect who 'twas that '''nimm'd''' a cloak;}}
#* '''1785''', Hutton, ''Bran New Wark'', I. 305, quoted in '''1903''', Joseph Wright, ''The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q'', page 273:
#*: '''Nimming''' and niftering whativver he can try his fists on.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1821|author=Apuleius|title=The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura|page=131
|passage=But while he fell in some brave exploit, you, I suppose, being provident rogues and thieves of discretion, were on the sure lay, pilfering little thefts among the mob, fearfully '''nimming''' a cloak or rifling some old woman's bulk of a stock to set up a piece-broker's shop.}}
#* '''1824''' (edition; original 1790), Nairne, ''Tales'', 37, quoted in '''1903''', Joseph Wright, ''The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q'', page 273:
#*: They '''nim''' a pig, a duck, or fowl.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1854|author=Oliver Oldham|title=Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and Selected, in Prose and Poetry, Wherein Wit, Humor, and Mirth are Made the Means of Awakening Interest, and Imparting Instructon : for the Use of Schools and Academies|page=110
|passage=Shall we go '''''nim''''' a horse, Tom,—what dost think? {{...}} '''''Nim'''''? yes, yes, yes, let&#39;s '''nim''' with all my heart; I see no harm in '''''nimming''''', for my part; {{...}} Were it my lord mayor's hourse—I'd '''nim''' it first. [...A horse] they stole, or, as they called it, '''''nimmed''''', <br> Just as the twilight all the landscape dimmed. {{...}} What is most likely, is that both these elves <br> Were, in like manner, halter-'''nimmed''' themselves.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|UK|_|dialectal}} To [[walk]] with short, quick strides; [[trip]] along.
#* '''1856''', Thompson, ''Hist. Boston'', page 716, quoted in '''1903''', Joseph Wright, ''The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q'', page 273:
#*: The old lady does '''nim''' along.
#*: {{quote-book|en|year=1949|author=Wilfrid J. Halliday; Arthur Stanley Umpleby|title=The White Rose Garland of Yorkshire Dialect Verse and Local and Folk-lore Rhymes (quoting Irene Sutcliffe)|page=111|passage= Ah had set myself doon where the aums meet aboon, <br> When Jinny jamp oop, and ganned '''nimming''' alang}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|benim}}
* {{l|en|nimble}}
* {{l|en|nimmer}}
* {{l|en|numb}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}
{{wikipedia}}

# A [[game]] in which players take turns removing objects from [[heap]]s.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|nimber}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{alt form|en|neem||Indian tree}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|cu-nim}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=imn|INM|MIN|Min|NMI|min|min.}}

{{cln|en|irregular verbs|three-letter words}}

==Afar==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|aa|ní|t1=our|-m}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{aa-IPA|ním}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|aa|pronoun|cat2=possessive pronouns|head=ním|predicative|níimi|or|niimí}}

# [[ours]]

====See also====
{{aa-possessive pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:aa:Parker:1985|+}}
* {{R:aa:Hassan Kamil:2004|page=67}}
* {{R:aa:Hassan Kamil:2015}}

==Baatonum==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|bba|/nīm/}}

===Noun===
{{head|bba|nouns|m-class||head=nim}}

# [[water]]

====Derived terms====
*{{l|bba|nim buroru|t=species of dove}}
*{{l|bba|nim diira|t=to drown}}
*{{l|bba|nim duroru|t=waterlily}}
*{{l|bba|nim goobuu|t=the plant Pistia stratiotes}}
*{{l|bba|nim gua|t=common [[moorhen]]}}
*{{l|bba|nim kureru|t=tidal wave}}
*{{l|bba|nim tora|t=stream}}
*{{l|bba|nim tĩa|t=stream; creek}}
*{{l|bba|nim wɔ̃ku|t=ocean}}
*{{l|bba|nim nɔru|t=thirst}}

===References===
* {{cite-book|author=Barassounon, Pierre; Biɔ, Sanu; Biɔ, Thébault; Goragui, Léonard; Soutar, Jean|title=Dictionnaire Baatonum|publisher=SIL International|date=February 17, 2021|location=Philadelphia|url=https://www.webonary.org/baatonum/}}

{{C|bba|Liquids}}
{{cln|bba|m-class nouns}}

==Cèmuhî==

===Numeral===
{{head|cam|numeral}}

# [[five]]

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|cs|pronoun form}}

# {{infl of|cs|oni,ony,ona||dat|p}} {{q|after a preposition}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|fi|en|nim}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[#English|nim]] {{gloss|game}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-risti|nim|||ä|i=0}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fi|nim-[[peli]]}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=imn|min}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌽𐌹𐌼}}

==Hausa==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|ha|ar|نِيم}}, from {{der|ha|hi|नीम}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ha-IPA|nîm}}

===Noun===
{{ha-noun|m|nîm}}

# [[neem]] tree

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nup|nímù|bor=1}}

{{topics|ha|Trees}}

==K'iche'==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|quc|[nim]}}

===Adjective===
{{head|quc|adj}}

# [[big]], [[great]], [[enormous]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|quc|nimarik|pos=v|t=become big}}
* {{l|quc|nimarisaxik|pos=v|t=to cause to enlarge, embiggen}}
* {{l|quc|nimaq|pos=a|t=large (plural)}}
* {{l|quc|unimal|t=grandeur; size}}
* {{l|quc|nim upam|t=large, deep, profound}}
* {{l|quc|nimaq’ij|t= party, fiesta, birthday}}

===Further reading===
* {{cite-book|es|title=Diccionario K’iche|location=Guatemala|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com.gt/books?id=NeQNYe7oR_UC}}

==Livonian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|liv|ni'm||Courland}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|liv|urj-fin-pro|*nimi}}.

===Noun===
{{head|liv|noun}}

# [[name]]

====Declension====
{{liv-noun|ni|2c=m|2cs=mm|part-cs=1|dat-cs=1|ins=kõks|ill-cs=1|in=sõ|el=stõ|pl-nom=ūd|pl-part=īdi|pl-ill=īž|pl-in=īs|pl-el=īst|type=76}}

==Lower Sorbian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|/nʲim/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|dsb|pronoun form|only after a preposition}}

# {{inflection of|dsb|wón||ins}}
# {{inflection of|dsb|wóno||ins}}
# {{inflection of|dsb|wóni||dat}}

====Related terms====
* {{sense|dative of ''wóni''}} {{l|dsb|jim}}

==Macanese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|mzs|pt|nem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mzs|/niŋ/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|mzs|adverb}}

# [[not even]] {{gloss|introduces an emphatic negation}}
#: {{ux|mzs|Miguel '''nim''' sábi papiâ bêm-fêto Patuá|t=Miguel does'''n't even''' know how to speak Macanese well}}
# [[do]] [[not]] [[even]] {{gloss|introduces an emphatic negative command}}
# [[neither]] … [[nor]]

===References===
* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

==Mam==

===Adverb===
{{head|mam|adverb}}

# [[much]]

==Mokilese==

===Verb===
{{head|mkj|verbs|progressive|nimnim}}

# {{lb|mkj|transitive|intransitive}} to [[drink]]

==Old English==

===Verb===
{{head|ang|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|ang|niman||imp|s}}

==Old Irish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|[n͈ʲiβ̃ʲ]}}

===Noun===
{{head|sga|noun form}}

# {{infl of|sga|nem||dat|s}}

===Mutation===
{{sga-mutation|n|im}}

==Ottawa==

===Noun===
{{head|otw|noun|g=an}}

# [[dog]]

===References===
{{R:oj:Valentine:2001|page=482}}

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-nim.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-nim.wav}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|pl}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|pl|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|pl|on||ins//loc}}
# {{inflection of|pl|ono||ins//loc}}
# {{inflection of|pl|oni||dat}}
# {{inflection of|pl|one||dat}}
''These forms are used only after prepositions.''

====See also====
* [[Appendix:Polish pronouns]]

===Etymology 2===
Probably a {{clipping|pl|zanim|nocap=1}}.

====Conjunction====
{{head|pl|conjunction}}

# {{lb|pl|literary}} [[before]]
#: {{syn|pl|zanim}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP||47147}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|ĩ|s=1}}
* {{hyph|pt|nim}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|pt|hi|नीम}}, from {{der|pt|sa|निम्ब}}.

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# [[neem]] {{gloss|{{taxfmt|Azadirachta indica|species}}, an evergreen tree of India}}

===Etymology 2===
{{blend|pt|não|sim|gloss1=no|gloss2=yes}}. Compare {{cog|de|Jein}}.

====Adverb====
{{pt-adv|hascomp=no}}

# {{lb|pt|humorous|neologism}} [[yes and no]]

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|humorous|neologism}} [[yes and no]]

==Q'eqchi==

===Adjective===
{{head|kek|adj}}

# [[big]], [[great]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|kek|nimank|pos=v|t=become big}}
* {{l|kek|nimob'resink|pos=v|t=to enlarge, embiggen}}
* {{l|kek|nimroq|pos=a|t=long}}
* {{l|kek|ninqal|t=grandeur; size}}

===Further reading===
* ''Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi''' (Guatemala, 1998) [https://popolmayab.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/qeqchi-espanol.pdf]

==Slovak==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sk|im}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|sk|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|sk|oni,ony||dat}}

====Usage notes====
Used after prepositions.

==Suga==

===Noun===
{{head|sgi|noun}}

# [[water]]

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒉏|tr=nim}}

==Swedish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|nimm}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|næmber|t=apt, docile}}, from {{inh|sv|non|næmr|t=}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*nāmjaz}}, derived from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*nemaną|t=to take}}. Compare Danish {{cog|da|nem|t=easy}} and {{cog|is|næmur|t=docile, sensitive}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/nɪm/}}
* {{rhymes|sv|ɪm}}

===Adjective===
{{sv-adj|nimma}}

# {{lb|sv|Scania}} [[convenient]], [[handy]], [[practical]], [[easy]]
#* {{quote-journal|sv|year=2005 |author= |title=Kamp för att få fram hemtjänstens mat |trans-title=Struggle to get home care food delivered |journal=w:Sydsvenskan |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2005-03-02/kamp-for-att-fa-fram-hemtjanstens-mat |text=– Den är ganska '''nim''' att köra. Man sitter högt och sådär. |t=– It’s quite '''easy''' to drive. You sit high up and such.}}
#* {{quote-journal|sv|year=2008 |author=Anders Fagerström |title=Vi grillar engångsgrillar |trans-title=We use disposable grills |journal=w:Sydsvenskan |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2008-07-08/vi-grillar-engangsgrillar |text=Men rätt hanterad är engångsgrillen utan tvekan en '''nim''' och trevlig sak på utflykten […] |t=But handled properly, the disposable grill is without a doubt a '''convenient''' and nice thing to bring to an excursion […]}}
#* {{quote-journal|sv|year=2010| title=Hur var det att ta ut hojen igen?| trans-title=What was it like to bring out your motorbike again?| journal={{w|Sydsvenskan}} |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2010-04-10/hur-var-det-att-ta-ut-hojen-igen |text=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.| t=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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|sv|year=2017| title=’Jag behövde förtroende och kärlek - och det fick jag direkt’| trans-title=’I needed trust and love - and I got it right away’| journal=w:Sydsvenskan| url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-03-18/jag-behovde-fortroende-och-karlek---och-det-fick-jag-direkt?redirected=1| text=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.| t=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====
{{sv-adj-reg|3=nimm}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|nim i fingrarna}}

===References===
* ”nim” in {{cite-book |last=Lundbladh |first=Carl-Erik |title=Skånska dialektord |publisher=Institutet för språk och folkminnen |location=Uppsala |edition=2nd |year=2014}}
* {{R:runeberg.org|varaord|0311.html nim}}
* ”næma” in {{cite-book |last=de Vries |first=Jan |title=Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch |edition=2nd revised |year=2000 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |page=413}}
* ”nämber” in {{cite-book |last=Söderwall |first=K.F. |title=Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket |volume=I-III |url=https://spraakbanken.gu.se/fsvldb/ |year=1884-1918}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=imn|min}}

==Volapük==

===Etymology===
From {{der|vo|en|animal|alt=a'''nim'''al}} (which ultimately derives from {{der|vo|la|animal}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|vo|[nim]}}

===Noun===
{{vo-noun}}

# [[animal]] ([[Animalia]])

====Declension====
{{vo-decl-noun}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|vo|hinim}}
* {{l|vo|jinim}}
* {{l|vo|nimil}}
* {{l|vo|nimül}}

====Derived terms====
{{rel-top|Derived terms from ''nim''}}
* {{l|vo|balyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|dämabanim}}
* {{l|vo|fekunanim}}
* {{l|vo|folyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|fösilanim}}
* {{l|vo|genanim}}
* {{l|vo|hinim}}
* {{l|vo|kilyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|krustanim}} ( = [[krustaf]])
* {{l|vo|lodotanim}}
* {{l|vo|lodotanimaluveg}}
* {{l|vo|lodotanimidugan}}
* {{l|vo|lulyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|lunim}}
* {{l|vo|mälyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|melanim}}
* {{l|vo|melanimem}}
* {{l|vo|melanimik}}
* {{l|vo|minimil}}
* {{l|vo|minimilem}}
* {{l|vo|nefekunanim}}
* {{l|vo|nimablud}}
* {{l|vo|nimafom}}
* {{l|vo|nimafomik}}
* {{l|vo|nimafösil}}
* {{l|vo|nimafösilil}}
* {{l|vo|nimakap}}
* {{l|vo|nimakapik}}
* {{l|vo|nimalad}}
* {{l|vo|nimalineg}}
* {{l|vo|nimalueg}}
* {{l|vo|nimalufut}}
* {{l|vo|nimasüm}}
* {{l|vo|nimasümik}}
* {{l|vo|nimav}}
* {{l|vo|nimavik}}
* {{l|vo|nimälamen}}
* {{l|vo|nimälamenik}}
* {{l|vo|nimem}}
* {{l|vo|nimik}}
* {{l|vo|nimil}}
* {{l|vo|nimilem}}
* {{l|vo|nimilik}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdabog}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdamabetad}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdamamiliak}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdamapisäl}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdamaplan}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdaviän}}
* {{l|vo|niminulüdot}}
* {{l|vo|nimül}}
* {{l|vo|nimülam}}
* {{l|vo|nimülem}}
* {{l|vo|nimülamaliev}}
* {{l|vo|nimülamüp}}
* {{l|vo|nimülik}}
* {{l|vo|nimülön}}
* {{l|vo|probodanim}} ( = [[probodaf]])
* {{l|vo|probodanimem}}
* {{l|vo|probodanimik}}
* {{l|vo|pronimbetad}}
* {{l|vo|pronimmeil}}
* {{l|vo|pronimmiliak}}
* {{l|vo|pronimpisäl}}
* {{l|vo|pronimpisäls}}
* {{l|vo|pronimplan}}
* {{l|vo|pronimplanem}}
* {{l|vo|ravalenim}}
* {{l|vo|ravalenimik}}
* {{l|vo|ravanim}}
* {{l|vo|ravanimül}}
* {{l|vo|skömanimil}}
* {{l|vo|süganim}}
* {{l|vo|süganimav}}
* {{l|vo|süganimavan}}
* {{l|vo|süganimik}}
* {{l|vo|telyelanim}}
* {{l|vo|trofodanim}}
* {{l|vo|virebanim}}
{{rel-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|vo|bakter}}
* {{l|vo|böd}}
* {{l|vo|dinosaur}}
* {{l|vo|fit}}
* {{l|vo|fösil}}
* {{l|vo|lif}}
* {{l|vo|mafib}}
* {{l|vo|räptul}}
* {{l|vo|ruböd}}
* {{l|vo|rulif}}
* {{l|vo|süganim}}

{{C|vo|Animals}}