ím
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ím, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ím n (genitive singular íms, plural ím)
Declension edit
Declension of ím | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ím | ímið | ím | ímini |
accusative | ím | ímið | ím | ímini |
dative | ími | íminum | ímum | ímunum |
genitive | íms | ímsins | íma | ímanna |
Related terms edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from the original i variant of e (“this”, demonstrative pronoun) + -m (pronoun suffix for emphasis).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
ím
- (poetic) behold! see! lo!
- 1903, Endre Ady, Még egyszer… (Once Again…), poem, lines 1–6 [1]
- Még egyszer meghajolni késztet
A lelkem régi, színes álma,
Még egyszer, ím, tárva elétek,
Ami az enyém, ami drága:
Piacra vont az ifju évek
Álmodni vágyó ifjusága ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1903, Endre Ady, Még egyszer… (Once Again…), poem, lines 1–6 [1]
Derived terms edit
Compound words
References edit
- ^ ím in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- ím in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Has an ablaut relationship with eimr. Thus it is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”).
Noun edit
ím n (genitive íms, plural ím)
Declension edit
Declension of ím (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ím in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Umatilla edit
Pronoun edit
ím
- you, second person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
References edit
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 2014-2020. Umatilla Language Online Dictionary