imní

See also: imni

Irish

A conflation of Middle Irish imṡním (“(great) anxiety, grief”), from im- + sním (“twisting”),^[1] and Old Irish imned (“sorrow, tribulation”).^[2]

imní f (genitive singular imní)

anxiety, worry, concern
Tá imní uirthi.
She is worried.
(literally, “Anxiety is on her.”)

Tháinig imní orm.
I started to worry.
(literally, “Anxiety came upon me.”)

Níl aon údar imní ann.
There’s nothing to worry about.
(literally, “There is no cause of anxiety.”)
eagerness, diligence, care
Bhuafadh an imní ar an gcinniúint. (proverb)
Accidents can be avoided with care.
(literally, “Care could overcome fate.”)

Declension of imní

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imní	n-imní	himní	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imṡním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 226, page 114
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40