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English
Contraction
imma
- Alternative spelling of Imma.
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
imma
- Romanization of đčđŒđŒđ°
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ŰŁÙÙ
ÙÙۧ (ÊammÄ, âas for, as regards, butâ).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
imma
- but
- Synonyms: iĆŒda, (colloquial) perĂČ
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, âISBN:âIMMA ⊠mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqaâ nwissik biss u int tibqaâ tagħmel taâ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom fâkamra waħdek, fâdan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet ââ- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, âISBN, page 18:Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
Fil-veritĂ , waħda li qed noħlom taâ spiss.- Last night I had a dream.
A pleasant dream, but strange.
Actually, it's a recurring dream.
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From imb (âaroundâ).
Particle
imma (triggers eclipsis)
- reciprocal verbal particle followed by dependent form of verb: each other
- imma (âeach otherâ) + ad·ciat (âthey lookâ) â imma·aiccet (âthey look at each otherâ) (forms of ad·cĂ (âto seeâ))
Etymology 2
Univerbation of imb (âaroundâ) + a (âhis/her/its/theirâ)
Determiner
imma (âhisâ and âitsâ trigger lenition, âherâ triggers /h/-prothesis, âtheirâ triggers eclipsis)
- around his/her/its/their
- c. 800â825, 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. 7â483, Ml. 23b10
HĂł goistiu .i. do·bert goiste imma brĂĄgait fadesin Éid·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, âdo his adviceâ)
Swedish
Etymology
Historically in the form em and im. The form em is from Old Swedish Ämber, from Old Norse eimr. The form im is either derived from em, or from Old Norse Ăm. From Proto-Germanic *aimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *hâews-.
Pronunciation
Noun
imma c
- steam, vapour
- condensation, misting (on windows etc)
Declension
Verb
imma (present immar, preterite immade, supine immat, imperative imma)
- mist (to form mist or to cover with mist)
Conjugation
Conjugation of imma (weak)
Derived terms
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