ìm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

Kalkoti

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit हि॒म (himá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰimás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós, from *ǵʰey- + *-ōm.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ìm/

    Noun

    ìm

    1. snow

    References

    • Liljegren, Henrik (2013), “Notes on Kalkoti: A Shina Language with Strong Kohistani Influences”, in Linguistic Discovery[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI
    • Hultman, David (2023) Topics in the grammar of Kalkoti (Thesis)‎[2], Stockholm University, page 11

    Khiamniungan Naga

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /im³¹/

    Verb

    ìm

    1. (Patsho) To hold one's body closely or to hold something closely to one's body.

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish imb, imm, from Proto-Celtic *amban, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [iːm]
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    ìm m (genitive singular ìme)

    1. butter
      fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir
      the rich man's voice prevails
      (literally, “the man of much butter, his voice is the sweetest”)

    Mutation

    Mutation of ìm
    radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
    ìm n-ìm h-ìm t-ìm

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ìm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
    • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language