im

• (roman numeral): IM, CMXCIX, cmxcix

im

1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred ninety-nine (999).

• Previous: iim (nine hundred and ninety-eight, 998)
• Next: m (one thousand, 1000)

im (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of intramuscular.

   Alternative forms: IM, I.M., i.m.

   • 1999, Carrie J. Bagatell, William J. Bremmer, “Androgen and Estrogen Effects on Plasma Lipids in Men”, in Leonard Share, editor, Hormones and the Heart in Health and Disease (Contemporary Endocrinology; 21), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, →ISBN, page 237:

     In the past few years, T patches have also been released for prescription usage. Both scrotally applied and nonscrotally applied vehicles are available. These forms of delivery offer more constant T levels and avoid the inconvenience of im injection.

im

1. Misspelling of I'm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈim/ [ˈʔɪm]

ím m 

1. thing

• tú

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• (Gheg) ẽm [ɛ̃m]
• (Gheg) (i + ẽm =) jẽm [jɛ̃m]

Demonstrative pronoun Proto-Albanian *is + (unstressed) 1st sg. pronoun Proto-Albanian *me, from Proto-Indo-European *is and Proto-Indo-European *me.^[1][2]

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): [im]
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ɛm], [jɛm]

im m (accusative/dative/ablative tim, genitive (i) tim, nominative, accusative plural e mi, genitive plural (i) të mi, dative/ablative plural të mi)^[3][4][5]

1. my, of mine (possessive pronoun in nominative form, adjectival aspect)^[6][7]

   1.1. possessive pronoun placed → after noun, gender of the pronoun agrees with the gender of possessum/noun:

   (Gheg) syn i ẽm (jẽm) ― (one/an) eye of mine (one of my eye)

   1.1.b. definite/singular noun + im m (Gheg: with jẽm m; a compound of prepositive article i + pronoun ẽm m):

   libri im ― the book of mine (my book)

   syri im ― my eye

   (Gheg) syni i ẽm (syni jẽm) ― my eye

   ati im, vëllai im, biri im ― my father, my brother, my son

   1.2.a. indefinite/plural noun + (linking morpheme) të + (pronoun) mi m:

   dy sy të mi ― (two) both of my eyes

   1.2.b. definite/plural noun + (link. morph.) e + mi m:

   librat e mi ― my books (the books of mine)

   sytë e mi ― my (the eyes of mine)

2. my (possessive pronoun, adjectival aspect)

   2.1. pronoun placed → before noun, pronoun gender agrees with possessum gender, → restricted to kinship terms, family members:

   2.1.a. indefinite/singular noun + im m:

   im gjysh, im atë, im bir ― my grandfather, my father, my son

   Im atë, i dashuri ati im. ― My father, my beloved father.

3. mine (possessive pronoun, nominal aspect)

   3.1. pronoun stands alone, nominal declension of pronoun, pronoun gender agrees with possessum gender (fem. possessor → masc. possessum → masc. pronoun), im m (my) → imi m (mine):

   Singular: imi ― mine

   (Gheg) i ẽmi (jẽmi) ― (of/the) mine

   Plural: të mitë ― mine

   Ti je imi m. ― You are mine.

   (Gheg) Ti je i m ẽmi m (jẽmi). ― You are (of/the) mine.

   Është imi. ― It is mine.

   (Gheg) Õsht i ẽmi (jẽmi). ― It is (of/the) mine.

• 1. Possessive pronouns (adjectival)

• 2. Possessive pronouns (adjectival)

There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

• im vëlla (“my brother”), ime motër (“my sister”)

These forms are limited to singulars.

• 3. Possessive pronouns (nominal)

im m (definite imi, definite plural të mitë)^[8]

1. a kinsman; a member of the same clan, tribe or family (kinship, singular)

   Synonyms: afërm, fis, fisnik, kushëri

   Një imi. ― A kinsman (One of mine).

2. one's (own); kinsfolk; family members (kinship, plural)

   Synonyms: familje, familjarët, farefis, gjini

   A: Kush erdhi? - B: Erdhën të mitë. ― A: Who came? - B: My family came.

3. a close friend or partner; a beloved and trusted person (sg.+pl., person (or people) connected through relationship (or friendship))

   Synonyms: besnik, dashur, mik, shok

• ime f (“my, of mine”)
• ma (“me”), më (“id”)
• mu (“to me”), mua (“id”)

From imë, a variant of imtë (“tiny, small”).^[9]

im (aorist ima, participle imur)

1. (active voice, transitive) to crumble, grind, shred, refine

   Synonyms: imtoj, imtësoj, bluaj, thërrmoj, zbërthej

• (note: only 3rd person sg/pl passive forms; passive imet (“it is grinding”))

• [6] (m.sg.) poss. pronoun im (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [7] (m.pl.) poss. pronoun (e) mi (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [8] (f.sg.) poss. pronoun ime (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [9] (f.pl.) poss. pronoun (e) mia (my) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

im

1. water

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

im

1. but
2. than (comparative marker)

Contraction.

• IPA^(key): /ɪm/

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im

1. contraction of in dem; in the

• The contraction im is obligatory when the definite article has no deixis whatsoever. In this case it is ungrammatical to use in dem as separate words:

Wir sitzen im Garten. ― We're sitting in the garden.

Er arbeitet im technischen Bereich. ― He works in the technical field.

• On the other hand, im is usually not applicable when the definite article has an indicative function. This includes contexts in which English would use a demonstrative pronoun (“this” or “that”) but also some others. Particularly, in dem is used before a defining relative clause.

In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt. ― We used to live in that house [over there].

Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde. ― My grandfather died in the house where I was born.

The preposition in can be used with both accusative and dative objects, but it only contracts with dem as im and with das as ins. Thus, the combination of in with the definite article has the following forms:

	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
accusative	in den	ins	in die	in die
dative	im	im	in der	in den

im

1. romanization of 𐌹𐌼

From Old Irish imb,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *amban (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)).^[2]

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /aimʲ/^[3]
• (Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /iːmʲ/^[4][5][6]
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /imʲ/^[7]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɨmʲ/^[8]

im m (genitive singular ime, nominative plural imeanna)

1. butter
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 197:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

• saill ime (“butterfat”)
• uachtar ime (“buttercream”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “im”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “im”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 394
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “im”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “im”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• im’

• IPA^(key): /imˠ/

im (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) contraction of i mo (“in my”)

   Chuireas an peann im phóca.

   I put the pen in my pocket.

im (plus dative, triggers lenition, does not mutate b, m, or p)

1. alternative form of um

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔim (“bitter”). Cognate with White Hmong iab and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] anb.

im 

1. bitter

• 'im

Derived from English him.

• IPA^(key): /ˈim/
• Hyphenation: im

im

1. he

   Mek im tek weh himself. ― He needs to go away.

   • 2005, Kamau Brathwaite, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820 (in English), →ISBN, page 239:

     “An im seh, Yu nyaam me peas today? Him seh, nuo ma, me no eat non. […] ”

     And he said, did you eat my peas today? He said, no ma, I didn't eat them. […]

2. him

   Shi sen' im a letter wah day. ― She sent him a letter recently.

   • 1984, Laura Tanna, Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 11:

     “What de poor Bug do? Tek im pon im back an him travel, an him travel, an im travel. […] ”

     What did poor Bug do? He let him go on his back and he travelled on and on. […]

3. his

   Den im res' im han' pan di bench. ― Then he rested his hand on the bench.

   • 1984, Laura Tanna, Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 11:

     “What de poor Bug do? Tek im pon im back an him travel, an him travel, an im travel. […] ”

     What did poor Bug do? He let him go on his back and he travelled on and on. […]

4. her^[1]

   'Im frack look good. ― Her dress looks good.

5. she^[2]

   Tanya deh yah? — Yeah, man. Im deh yah. ― Is Tanya here? — Yes, she's here.

• im at JamaicanPatwah.com
• im at majstro.com

• i'm

From Proto-Finnic *imeh.

im

1. miracle

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [imʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jimʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {yim}

• em
• -m

im

1. and

im

1. a skirmish
2. a bout
3. a brawl
4. a duel
5. a riot
6. a hassle

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

im

1. alternative form of him (“him”)

im

1. sky
2. heaven

• Imik Neyung

From English him.

im

1. he
2. his
   • 2022 February 3, “US comot Islamic State leader from battlefield for Syria raid”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[10]:

     One senior US official tell US tori pipo say Qurayshi explode bomb wey kill him and im family.

     A senior US official told US journalists Qurayshi exploded a bomb that killed him and his family.

3. she
4. it

im

1. first-person singular present indicative of bûn.

   Synonym: me

Univerbation of hi (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”)

• IPA^(key): /im(ʲ)/

im

1. in my
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^c23

     co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu

     so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] mouth and what I might think with [my] heart might be different

• imo

From Proto-Germanic *iz.

im

1. dative of sia: them

• Middle Low German: one, gim, jum
  • German Low German: jüm, jem

From Proto-Khasian *ʔim. Cognate with Khasi im and Proto-Palaungic *ʔiːm (“alive, raw”) (whence Riang [Sak] ʔiːm¹ and Blang [La Gang] ʔɪ́m).

• IPA^(key): /ʔim/

im

1. to live

• IPA^(key): /ˈim/

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• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: im
• Homophone: im-

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im

1. introduces a parallel, conditional, or comparative statement, placed before the thing being compared to

   im więcej..., tym mniej... ― the more..., the less...

   Im większy głód, tym lepiej smakuje. ― The greater the hunger, the better [the food] tastes.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

im

1. dative of oni
2. dative of one

   Ktoś musiał im powiedzieć. ― Someone must have told them.

• im in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

im n (plural imuri)

1. (uncommon, regional) mud, dirt, filth

   Synonyms: noroi, murdărie, nămol

• imos
• ima

im

1. (Southern Scots, personal) him

im

1. (Southern Scots) First person singular simple present form of ti be

• ir
• um
• is

• IPA^(key): /im/

im (Cyrillic spelling им)

1. to them (clitic dative plural of ȏn (“he”))
2. to them (clitic dative plural of òno (“it”))
3. to them (clitic dative plural of òna (“she”))
4. (clitic, emphatic, possessive, dative) their, of theirs

   Gdje im je auto?

   Where is their car?

• nim (after prepositions)

• IPA^(key): [im]

im

1. dative of oni and ony

This verb has been postulated to have a Semitic origin due to its frequent usage with verbal prefixes common in Semitic languages such as timid (“you came”), yimid (“he came”), timid (“she came”), in which case Ge'ez እም (əm, “from”) is the likeliest source. Others posit these linguistic features to be remnants of Proto-Cushitic.

im/imaad

1. to come from; to arrive from somewhere

im

1. romanization of 𒅎 (im)
2. romanization of 𒉎 (im)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔim˧˧]

im • (㛪, 厭, 奄, 庵, 淹)

1. calm; silent; quiet; not talking anymore

• mi

• imi, i mi

• IPA^(key): /ɪm/

im

1. (literary) first-person singular of i