im

im

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (roman numeral): IM, CMXCIX, cmxcix

Symbol

im

  1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred ninety-nine (999).

See also

English

Adjective

im (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of intramuscular.
    Alternative forms: IM, I.M., i.m.
    • 1999, Carrie J. Bagatell, William J. Bremmer, “Androgen and Estrogen Effects on Plasma Lipids in Men”, in Leonard Share, editor, Hormones and the Heart in Health and Disease (Contemporary Endocrinology; 21), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, →ISBN, page 237:
      In the past few years, T patches have also been released for prescription usage. Both scrotally applied and nonscrotally applied vehicles are available. These forms of delivery offer more constant T levels and avoid the inconvenience of im injection.

Contraction

im

  1. Misspelling of I'm.

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈim/ [ˈʔɪm]
  • Hyphenation: im

Noun

ím m

  1. thing

Synonyms

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Gheg) ĩm [ɪ̃m], [ĩm]
  • (Gheg) ẽm [ɛ̃m]
  • (Southern Gheg) (i + ĩm =) jĩm [jɪ̃m]
  • (Gheg) (i + ẽm =) jẽm [jɛ̃m]

Etymology 1

Demonstrative pronoun Proto-Albanian *is + (unstressed) 1st sg. pronoun Proto-Albanian *me, from Proto-Indo-European *ís and Proto-Indo-European *me.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [im]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [ĩm], [ɪ̃m], [ɛ̃m], [jɪ̃m], [jɛ̃m]

Pronoun

im m (accusative/dative/ablative tim, genitive (i) tim, nominative, accusative plural e mi, genitive plural (i) të mi, dative/ablative plural të mi)[3][4][5]

  1. my, of mine (possessive pronoun in nominative form, adjectival aspect)[6][7]
    1.1. possessive pronoun placed → after noun, gender of the pronoun agrees with the gender of possessum/noun:
    (Gheg) syn i ẽm (jẽm)(one/an) eye of mine (one of my eye)
    1.1.b. definite/singular noun + im m (Gheg: with jẽm m; a compound of prepositive article i + pronoun ẽm m):
    libri imthe book of mine (my book)
    syri immy eye
    (Gheg) syni i ẽm (syni jẽm)my eye
    ati im, vëllai im, biri immy father, my brother, my son
    1.2.a. indefinite/plural noun + (linking morpheme) + (pronoun) mi m:
    dy sy të mi(two) both of my eyes
    1.2.b. definite/plural noun + (link. morph.) e + mi m:
    librat e mimy books (the books of mine)
    sytë e mimy (the eyes of mine)
  2. my (possessive pronoun, adjectival aspect)
    2.1. pronoun placed → before noun, pronoun gender agrees with possessum gender, → restricted to kinship terms, family members:
    2.1.a. indefinite/singular noun + im m:
    im gjysh, im atë, im birmy grandfather, my father, my son
    Im atë, i dashuri ati im.My father, my beloved father.
  3. mine (possessive pronoun, nominal aspect)
    3.1. pronoun stands alone, nominal declension of pronoun, pronoun gender agrees with possessum gender (fem. possessor → masc. possessum → masc. pronoun), im m (my) → imi m (mine):
    Singular: imimine
    (Gheg) i ẽmi (jẽmi)(of/the) mine
    Plural: të mitëmine
    Ti je imi m.You are mine.
    (Gheg) Ti je i m ẽmi m (jẽmi).You are (of/the) mine.
    Është imi.It is mine.
    (Gheg) Õsht i ẽmi (jẽmi).It is (of/the) mine.
Declension
  • 1. Possessive pronouns (adjectival)
Declension of im
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative im ime e mi e mia
accusative tim time e mi e mia
dative/ablative tim sime mi mia
  • 2. Possessive pronouns (adjectival)

There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

  • im vëlla (my brother), ime motër (my sister)

These forms are limited to singulars.

Declension of im
singular
masculine feminine
nominative im ime
accusative tim time
dative tim sime
  • 3. Possessive pronouns (nominal)
Declension of imi
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative imi imja mitë miat
accusative timin timen mitë miat
dative/ablative timit simes mive të miave

Noun

im m (definite imi, definite plural të mitë)[8]

  1. a kinsman; a member of the same clan, tribe or family (kinship, singular)
    Synonyms: afërm, fis, fisnik, kushëri
    Një imi.A kinsman (One of mine).
  2. one's (own); kinsfolk; family members (kinship, plural)
    Synonyms: familje, familjarët, farefis, gjini
    A: Kush erdhi? - B: Erdhën të mitë.A: Who came? - B: My family came.
  3. a close friend or partner; a beloved and trusted person (sg.+pl., person (or people) connected through relationship (or friendship))
    Synonyms: besnik, dashur, mik, shok
  • ime f (my, of mine)
  • ma (me), (id)
  • mu (to me), mua (id)

See also

Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns
determiners pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Etymology 2

From imë, a variant of imtë (tiny, small).[9]

Verb

im (aorist ima, participle imur)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to crumble, grind, shred, refine
    Synonyms: imtoj, imtësoj, bluaj, thërrmoj, zbërthej
Declension
  • (note: only 3rd person sg/pl passive forms; passive imet (it is grinding))
  • (i) imët m, (e) imët f
  • imtas
  • imtë f
  • imtësi f
  • imtësim m
  • imtësisht
  • imtësoj (active), imtësohet (passive), imtësuar (participle)
  • imti f
  • imtim m
  • imtoj (active), imtohet (passive), imtuar (participle)
  • imur (participle), imet (passive)
References
  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241 → personal pronouns §3.2.4.1., from IE *me
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “pronoun im (my)”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
  3. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000), Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 196 → (m.) possessive pronoun im (my) / (f.) poss. pronoun ime (my)
  4. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000), Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 323 → (m.pl) possessive pronoun (e/të) mi (my, (of) mine); (f.pl) poss. pronoun (e/të mia (my, (of) mine)
  5. ^ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000), Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 570 → (m./sg.) dat./abl. possessive pronoun tim (my, of mine); genitive poss. pronoun (i) tim (my, of mine)
  6. ^ Martin Camaj (1984), Albanian grammar: with exercises, chrestomathy and glossaries, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, →ISBN, [[2] → (m.) possessive pronouns im, imi (my (of mine), mine); ime, imja (my (of mine), mine) (see → §134. - §136.: possessive pronouns and declension) pages 102-103]
  7. ^ Olga Mišeska Tomić (2006), Balkan Sprachbund, Morpho-syntactic Features, Springer Science & Business Media, The Netherlands, →ISBN, [[3] pages 199-201]
  8. ^ [4] 7.) m./sg. noun im/imi; f.sg. noun ime/imja(kinsman, kinswoman) / m./pl. noun (të) mitë; f./pl. noun (të) mijat (kinfolks (m., f.)) • in FJALË, Fjalor Shqip (WORDS, Albanian Dictionary)
  9. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “im”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
Further reading
  • [6] (m.sg.) poss. pronoun im (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [7] (m.pl.) poss. pronoun (e) mi (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [8] (f.sg.) poss. pronoun ime (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [9] (f.pl.) poss. pronoun (e) mia (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Degenan

Noun

im

  1. water

Further reading

Dupaningan Agta

Conjunction

im

  1. but
  2. than (comparative marker)

German

Etymology

Contraction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Contraction

im

  1. contraction of in +‎ dem; in the

Usage notes

  • The contraction im is obligatory when the definite article has no deixis (referent) whatsoever. In this case it is ungrammatical to use in dem as separate words:
Wir sitzen im Garten.We're sitting in the garden.
Er arbeitet im technischen Bereich.He works in the technical field.
  • On the other hand, im is usually not applicable when the definite article has an indicative function. This includes contexts in which English would use a demonstrative pronoun (“this” or “that”) but also some others. Particularly, in dem is used before a defining relative clause.
In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt.We used to live in that house [over there].
Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde.My grandfather died in the house where I was born.

Declension

The preposition in can be used with both accusative and dative objects, but it only contracts with dem as im and with das as ins. Thus, the combination of in with the definite article has the following forms:

masculine neuter feminine plural
accusative in den ins in die in die
dative im im in der in den

Gothic

Romanization

im

  1. romanization of 𐌹𐌼

Irish

FWOTD – 27 January 2013

Etymology 1

From Old Irish imb,[1] from Proto-Celtic *amban (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (grease), Old High German ancho (butter)).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

im m (genitive singular ime, nominative plural imeanna)

  1. butter
Declension
Declension of im (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative im imeanna
vocative a im a imeanna
genitive ime imeanna
dative im imeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-im na himeanna
genitive an ime na n-imeanna
dative leis an im
don im
leis na himeanna
Derived terms
  • saill ime (butterfat)
  • uachtar ime (buttercream)

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “im”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “im”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 394
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “im”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • im”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˠ/

Contraction

im (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) contraction of i +‎ mo, literally in my
    Chuireas an peann im phóca.
    I put the pen in my pocket.
Irish preposition contractions
contracted with copular forms
base form an (the sg) na (the pl) mo (my) do (your) a (his, her, their; which (present)) ár (our) ar (which (past)) before a consonant before a vowel
present/future past/conditional
de (from) den de na
desna*
de mo
dem*
de do
ded*, det*
dár dar darb darbh
do (to, for) don do na
dosna*
do mo
dom*
do do
dod*, dot*
dár dar darb darbh
faoi (under, about) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (in) sa, san sna i mo
im*
i do
id*, it*
ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (with) leis an leis na le mo
lem*
le do
led*, let*
lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (from, since) ón ó na
ósna*
ó mo
óm*
ó do
ód*, ót*
óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (through) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh

*dialectal

Etymology 3

Preposition

im (plus dative, triggers lenition, does not mutate b, m, or p)

  1. alternative form of um

Mutation

Mutated forms of im
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
im n-im him t-im

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*amben-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
  4. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70
  6. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 144
  7. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 35, page 11
  8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔim (bitter). Cognate with White Hmong iab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] anb.

Adjective

im 

  1. bitter

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from English him.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈim/
  • Hyphenation: im

Pronoun

im

  1. he
    Mek im tek weh himself.He needs to go away.
    • 2005, Kamau Brathwaite, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820 (in English), →ISBN, page 239:
      “An im seh, Yu nyaam me peas today? Him seh, nuo ma, me no eat non. []
      And he said, did you eat my peas today? He said, no ma, I didn't eat them. []
  2. him
    Shi sen' im a letter wah day.She sent him a letter recently.
    • 1984, Laura Tanna, Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 11:
      “What de poor Bug do? Tek im pon im back an him travel, an him travel, an im travel. []
      What did poor Bug do? He let him go on his back and he travelled on and on. []
  3. his
    Den im res' im han' pan di bench.Then he rested his hand on the bench.
    • 1984, Laura Tanna, Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 11:
      “What de poor Bug do? Tek im pon im back an him travel, an him travel, an im travel. []
      What did poor Bug do? He let him go on his back and he travelled on and on. []
  4. her[1]
    'Im frack look good.Her dress looks good.
  5. she[2]
    Tanya deh yah? — Yeah, man. Im deh yah.Is Tanya here? — Yes, she's here.

References

  1. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 292
  2. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 292

Further reading

  • im at JamaicanPatwah.com
  • im at majstro.com

Latin

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ím.

    Pronoun

    im (Old Latin)

    1. alternative form of eum
      • 52 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De legibus 2.24.60:
        Qua in lege cum esset "neve aurum addito", quam humane excipit altera lex: "At cui auro dentes vincti escunt, ast im cum illo sepeliet uretve, se fraude esto."
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    References

    • im”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “is, ea, id”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 309-310

    Livonian

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *imeh.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈiˀm/, [ˈiˀm]

    Noun

    i’m

    1. miracle

    Declension

    Declension of i’m (72)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) i’m imūd
    genitive (genitīv) i’m imūd
    partitive (partitīv) i’mmõ i’mḑi
    dative (datīv) i’mmõn imūdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) i’mkõks imūdõks
    illative (illatīv) i’mmõ i’mži
    inessive (inesīv) i’msõ i’mši
    elative (elatīv) i’mstõ i’mšti

    References

    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “i’m”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[10] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

    Marshallese

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    Conjunction

    im

    1. and

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    im

    1. a skirmish
    2. a bout
    3. a brawl
    4. a duel
    5. a riot
    6. a hassle

    References

    • Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “im”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary[11]

    Middle English

    Pronoun

    im

    1. alternative form of him (him)

    Nalca

    Noun

    im

    1. sky
    2. heaven

    Derived terms

    • Imik Neyung

    Nigerian Pidgin

    Etymology

    From English him.

    Pronoun

    im

    1. he
    2. his
      • 2022 February 3, “US comot Islamic State leader from battlefield for Syria raid”, in BBC News Pidgin[12]:
        One senior US official tell US tori pipo say Qurayshi explode bomb wey kill him and im family.
        A senior US official told US journalists Qurayshi exploded a bomb that killed him and his family.
    3. she
    4. it

    Northern Kurdish

    Verb

    im

    1. first-person singular present indicative of bûn.
      Synonym: me

    Old Irish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /im/

    Etymology 1

    Univerbation of hi (in) +‎ mo (my).

    Determiner

    im

    1. in my
    Quotations
    • c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c23
      co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu
      so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] mouth and what I might think with [my] heart might be different

    Etymology 2

    Preposition

    im

    1. alternative form of imb (around, about)

    Old Saxon

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *iz.

    Pronoun

    im

    1. dative of sia: them

    Declension

    Old Saxon personal pronouns
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
    2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
    3rd
    person
    m ina imu is
    f siu sia iru ira
    n it it is
    dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
    2nd person git ink inker, inka
    plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
    2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
    3rd
    person
    m sia im iro
    f sia
    n siu

    Descendants

    • Middle Low German: one, gim, jum

    Pnar

    Etymology

    From Proto-Khasian *ʔim. Cognate with Khasi im and Proto-Palaungic *ʔiːm (alive, raw) (whence Riang [Sak] ʔiːm¹ and Blang [La Gang] ʔɪ́m).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔim/

    Verb

    im

    1. to live

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈim/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -im
    • Syllabification: im
    • Homophone: im-

    Etymology 1

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Conjunction

    im

    1. introduces a parallel, conditional, or comparative statement, placed before the thing being compared to
      im więcej..., tym mniej...the more..., the less...
      Im większy głód, tym lepiej smakuje.The greater the hunger, the better [the food] tastes.

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronoun

    im

    1. dative of oni
    2. dative of one
      Ktoś musiał im powiedzieć.Someone must have told them.

    Further reading

    • im”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[13] (in Polish)

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (to smear).

    Noun

    im n (plural imuri)

    1. (uncommon, regional) mud, dirt, filth
      Synonyms: noroi, murdărie, nămol

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative im imul imuri imurile
    genitive-dative im imului imuri imurilor
    vocative imule imurilor

    Scots

    Pronoun

    im

    1. (Southern Scots, personal) him

    Verb

    im

    1. (Southern Scots) First person singular simple present form of ti be

    See also

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /im/

    Pronoun

    im ? (Cyrillic spelling им)

    1. to them (clitic dative plural of ȏn (he))
    2. to them (clitic dative plural of òno (it))
    3. to them (clitic dative plural of òna (she))
    4. (clitic, emphatic, possessive, dative) their, of theirs
      Gdje im je auto?
      Where is their car?

    Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
    genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
    dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
    accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
    vocative
    locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
    instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

    Slovak

    Alternative forms

    • nim (after prepositions)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /im/, [im]
    • Rhymes: -im

    Pronoun

    im

    1. dative of oni and ony

    Somali

    Etymology

    This verb has been postulated to have a Semitic origin due to its frequent usage with verbal prefixes common in Semitic languages such as timid (you came), yimid (he came), timid (she came), in which case Ge'ez እም (əm, from) is the likeliest source. Others posit these linguistic features to be remnants of Proto-Cushitic.

    Verb

    im (1st person singular past tense imid, 3rd person singular masculine past tense yimid, 3rd person singular feminine past tense timid)

    1. to come from; to arrive from somewhere

    Sumerian

    Romanization

    im

    1. romanization of 𒅎 (im)
    2. romanization of 𒉎 (im)

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    im • (, , , , )

    1. calm; silent; quiet; not talking anymore

    Derived terms

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    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɪm/

    Pronoun

    im

    1. (literary) first-person singular of i