Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَائِم (dāʔim).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɑim]
  • Hyphenation: da‧im
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

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daim

  1. constantly, all the time
    Synonyms: daima, həmişə, sürəkli
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Further reading

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  • daim” in Obastan.com.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (fallow deer, buck, doe).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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daim m (plural daims, feminine daine)

  1. fallow deer
  2. (in general) deer
  3. buck
  4. buckskin, doeskin; suede
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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inflected forms of dam (bull).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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daim

  1. inflection of dam:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Etymology 2

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Inflected forms of daimid (to suffer, permit)

Verb

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·daim

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of daimid

daim

  1. second-person singular imperative of daimid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
daim daim
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Sinitic? Classifier terms in White Hmong are usually borrowed from a Chinese language. Maybe (dài, “belt”) or (tái, “platform”)?”

Pronunciation

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Classifier

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daim

  1. used for objects that are flat, such as sheets and pages

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 31.