See also: Dim, dim., dím, dìm, dım, дим, Дим, and дім

Translingual edit

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dim

  1. (mathematics) dimension

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: dĭm, IPA(key): /dɪm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (dark), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (to whisk, smoke; obscure). Compare Faroese dimmur, Icelandic dimmur (dark) and dimma (darkness).

Adjective edit

dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)

  1. Not bright or colorful.
    Synonyms: dull, dingy; see also Thesaurus:dim
    The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.
  2. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
    He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.
  3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:indistinct
    His vision grew dimmer as he aged.
  4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
    Synonyms: deprecative, improbatory, reprobative, reprobatory
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Noun edit

dim (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Dimness.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 278:
      All about me the Red Weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dim. Night, the Mother of Fear and Mystery, was coming upon me.

Verb edit

dim (third-person singular simple present dims, present participle dimming, simple past and past participle dimmed)

  1. (transitive) To make something less bright.
    He dimmed the lights and put on soft music.
  2. (intransitive) To become darker.
    The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.
  3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
  4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
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Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

dim (not comparable)

  1. (music) Clipping of diminished.

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Galician edit

Verb edit

dim

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of dizer

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪm]
  • Hyphenation: dim

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch duim.

Noun edit

dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)

  1. thumb
  2. inch
    Synonym: inci

Etymology 2 edit

From English dimmer.

Noun edit

dim (first-person possessive dimku, second-person possessive dimmu, third-person possessive dimnya)

  1. high-beam headlamp on a road vehicle.

Further reading edit

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Noun edit

dim

  1. smoke

Further reading edit

  • dim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “dym”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

Latvian edit

Verb edit

dim

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of dimēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of dimēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of dimēt

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.

Adjective edit

dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmere, indefinite superlative dimmest, definite superlative dimmeste)

  1. dim
  2. to have bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad/poor

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the Old Norse adjective dimmr, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz. The neuter noun is derived from the adjective. The automotive senses may be a Back-formation from - of the verb dimme.

Adjective edit

dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmare, indefinite superlative dimmast, definite superlative dimmaste)

  1. gloomy
  2. dim
  3. having bad vision
    Han er dim på synet
    His vision is dim/bad/poor
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Noun edit

dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)

  1. (automotive, colloquial) a switching of one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam
  2. (automotive, colloquial) lever, button or other
  3. (dialectal) Clipping of dimme (twilight, half darkness).

Noun edit

dim n (definite singular dimmet, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) dimmest, darkest part of the summer night
  2. (dialectal) twilight
    Synonym: skumring

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dim m (definite singular dimmen, indefinite plural dimmar, definite plural dimmane)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of dimensjon.

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dū́ˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏м)

  1. smoke

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Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dȉm m inan

  1. smoke

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative dìm
genitive díma
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dìm
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dímu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dímom

Further reading edit

  • dim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

dim

  1. Romanization of 𒁴 (dim)

Talysh edit

Noun edit

dim

  1. face

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh dim, cognate with the rare Old Irish dim (something, anything) (which may be a Brythonic loanword), with further etymology uncertain. Matasović derives the word from Proto-Celtic *dis-smi-, dissimilated from Proto-Indo-European *dus-smi- (literally bad one).[1] Alternatively, Morris-Jones hypothesizes the original meaning was share, portion and derives the word from Proto-Celtic *dīsman, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (to share).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dim

  1. any
  2. no, not, none

Pronoun edit

dim

  1. (in negative phrases) nothing, anything
    Synonym: dim byd
  2. none, nil, zero

Derived terms edit

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Particle edit

dim

  1. not

Usage notes edit

As a verbal particle, almost always appears mutated as ddim.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dim ddim nim unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 315

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter DIM, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies