nimen

See also: nǐmen

Finnish

Noun

nimen

1. genitive singular of nimi

Anagrams

• -minen, menin, minne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nymen

Etymology

From Old English niman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“take”).

Verb

nimen (third-person singular simple present nimeth, present participle nimende, nimynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative nom, past participle nomen)

1. to take
   • 1381, Pegge Cook. Recipes, page 114, quoted in 1962, Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242, in the entry "dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook":

     For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nimen (strong class 4)

infinitive	(to) nimen, nime
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	nime	nom, nam
2nd-person singular	nimest	nome, name, nom, nam
3rd-person singular	nimeth	nom, nam
subjunctive singular	nime	nome1, name1
imperative singular		—
plural2	nimen, nime	nomen, nome, namen, name
imperative plural	nimeth, nime	—
participles	nimynge, nimende	numen, nume, nomen, nome

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: nim; numb (from past participle)
• Scots: nim

Yapese

Noun

nimen

1. chicken