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Translingual
Symbol
zim
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mesme.
See also
Old High German
Verb
zim
- second-person singular imperative of zëman
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʑim/
- Rhymes: -im
- Syllabification: zim
Noun
zim f
- genitive plural of zima
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum. Cognate with West English zome.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
zim
- some
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee reed cley;- Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in red clay;
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;- She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;
Determiner
zim
- some
1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:Ayenst zim vartful ropeare at a rumcht ouse avar.- Against some wanton ranter that has raved (at) us before.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81