imma

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English

Contraction

imma

  1. Alternative spelling of Imma.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

imma

  1. Romanization of đŒčđŒŒđŒŒđŒ°

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ŰŁÙŽÙ…ÙŽÙ‘Ű§ (ʔammā, “as for, as regards, but”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

imma

  1. but
    Synonyms: iĆŒda, (colloquial) perĂČ
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      “IMMA 
 mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”
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    • 2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:
      Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
      Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
      Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.
      Last night I had a dream.
      A pleasant dream, but strange.
      Actually, it's a recurring dream.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From imb (“around”).

Particle

imma (triggers eclipsis)

  1. reciprocal verbal particle followed by dependent form of verb: each other
    imma (“each other”) + ‎ad·ciat (“they look”) → ‎imma·aiccet (“they look at each other”) (forms of ad·cĂ­ (“to see”))

Etymology 2

Univerbation of imb (“around”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Alternative forms

Determiner

imma (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. around his/her/its/their
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23b10
      HĂł goistiu .i. do·bert goiste imma brĂĄgait fadesin ɔid·marb, hĂșare nĂĄd ndigni AbisolĂłn a chomairli.
      By a noose, i.e. he put a noose around his own neck so that it killed him, because Absalom did not follow his advice.
      (literally, “do his advice”)

Swedish

Etymology

Historically in the form em and im. The form em is from Old Swedish ēmber, from Old Norse eimr. The form im is either derived from em, or from Old Norse ím. From Proto-Germanic *aimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

imma c

  1. steam, vapour
  2. condensation, misting (on windows etc)

Declension

Verb

imma (present immar, preterite immade, supine immat, imperative imma)

  1. mist (to form mist or to cover with mist)

Conjugation

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