imní

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

A conflation of Middle Irish imṡním (“(great) anxiety, grief”), from im- + sním (“twisting”),[1] and Old Irish imned (“sorrow, tribulation”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

imní f (genitive singular imní)

  1. anxiety, worry, concern
    Tá imní uirthi.
    She is worried.
    (literally, “Anxiety is on her.”)
    Tháinig imní orm.
    I started to worry.
    (literally, “Anxiety came upon me.”)
    Níl aon údar imní ann.
    There’s nothing to worry about.
    (literally, “There is no cause of anxiety.”)
  2. eagerness, diligence, care
    Bhuafadh an imní ar an gcinniúint. (proverb)
    Accidents can be avoided with care.
    (literally, “Care could overcome fate.”)

Declension

Declension of imní (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative imní
vocative a imní
genitive imní
dative imní
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an imní
genitive na himní
dative leis an imní
don imní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of imní
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imní n-imní himní not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imṡním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 226, page 114
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40

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