nim

Etymology

From Middle English nimen (“to take”), from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb, nimble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nimmed or nam, past participle nimmed or nomen or num or numb)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take (in all senses); to seize.
   • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:

     dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take one's way; to go.
3. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;

4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Noun

nim (uncountable)

1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Anagrams

• INM, MIN, Min, NMI, min, min.

Romanization

nim

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِيم‎ (nīm), from Hindi नीम (nīm).

Noun

nîm m

1. neem tree

Alternative forms

• ni'm (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi.

Noun

nim

1. name

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲim/

Pronoun

nim (only after a preposition)

1. instrumental of wón
2. instrumental of wóno
3. dative of wóni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲiṽʲ/

Noun

nim

1. dative singular of nem

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲim/

Pronoun

nim

1. Instrumental singular form of on
2. Locative singular form of on
3. Instrumental singular form of ono
4. Locative singular form of ono

Conjunction

nim

1. before

Further reading

• nim in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ/
• Hyphenation: nim

Etymology 1

From Hindi नीम (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Etymology 2

Blend of não (“no”) +‎ sim (“yes”). Compare German Jein.

Etymology

From English animal (which ultimately derives from Latin animal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nim]

Noun

nim (plural nims)

1. animal (Animalia)