mim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mim"

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Translingual

Symbol

mim

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Alacatlatzala Mixtec.

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

mim (comparative mimmer, superlative mimmest) (UK, dialect)

Demure; shy.
Prim; prudish.

Etymology 2

Noun

mim (plural mims)

Alternative form of meem (“Arabic letter”).
- 2014, Asim Roy, The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal, page 124:
  The esoteric identity and importance of the Perso-Arabic letter, mim, and its Bengali equivalent, ma, were stressed. The letter, when added to Ahad, made Ahmad and Muhammad as well.

Anagrams

Imm, MMI

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *maʔ-

Proto-Semitic *may-

Phoenician 𐤌‬𐤌 (m‬m‬ /⁠mēm⁠/)bor.

Arabic مِيم (mīm)bor.

Azerbaijani mim

Borrowed from Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimlər)

the Arabic letter م

Declension

Declension of *mim*
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimlər
definite accusative	mimi	mimləri
dative	mimə	mimlərə
locative	mimdə	mimlərdə
ablative	mimdən	mimlərdən
definite genitive	mimin	mimlərin

Possessive forms of *mim*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimim	mimlərim
sənin (“your”)	mimin	mimlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	mimi	mimləri
bizim (“our”)	mimimiz	mimlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	miminiz	mimləriniz
onların (“their”)	mimi or mimləri	mimləri

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimimi	mimlərimi
sənin (“your”)	mimini	mimlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	mimini	mimlərini
bizim (“our”)	mimimizi	mimlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	miminizi	mimlərinizi
onların (“their”)	mimini or mimlərini	mimlərini

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimimə	mimlərimə
sənin (“your”)	miminə	mimlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	miminə	mimlərinə
bizim (“our”)	mimimizə	mimlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	miminizə	mimlərinizə
onların (“their”)	miminə or mimlərinə	mimlərinə

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimimdə	mimlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	mimində	mimlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	mimində	mimlərində
bizim (“our”)	mimimizdə	mimlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	miminizdə	mimlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	mimində or mimlərində	mimlərində

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimimdən	mimlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	mimindən	mimlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	mimindən	mimlərindən
bizim (“our”)	mimimizdən	mimlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	miminizdən	mimlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	mimindən or mimlərindən	mimlərindən

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	mimimin	mimlərimin
sənin (“your”)	miminin	mimlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	miminin	mimlərinin
bizim (“our”)	mimimizin	mimlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	miminizin	mimlərinizin
onların (“their”)	miminin or mimlərinin	mimlərinin

References

Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “mim”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mīmus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmim]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Rhymes: -im

Noun

mim m (plural mims)

mime (a pantomime actor)
mime (act of miming)

Related terms

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *m-ʒəm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi˥.jɯm˥/, [mi˥.jim˥]

Noun

mim

poison, venom

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mime, from Latin mimus.

Noun

mim m (plural mimyow)

mime, mimic

Derived terms

mimya (“mime”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of *mim*
radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mim	vim	unchanged	unchanged	fim, vim*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

“mim” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɪm]

Noun

mim m anim

a mime, a pantomime actor

Declension

Declension of mim (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimové
genitive	mima	mimů
dative	mimovi, mimu	mimům
accusative	mima	mimy
vocative	mime	mimové
locative	mimovi, mimu	mimech
instrumental	mimem	mimy

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪm/

Contraction

mim

(colloquial) contraction of mit +‎ dem
Ich fahr da mim Auto hin.
I'm going there by car.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːm/
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Verb

mim

singular imperative of mimen
(colloquial) first-person singular present of mimen

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mím/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mɪ́ŋ]

Noun

mim f

mim (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -m (“my, of mine”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmim]
Hyphenation: mim

Pronoun

mim

first-person singular single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-e-*, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	—
accusative	mimet	—
dative	mimnek	—
instrumental	mimmel	—
causal-final	mimért	—
translative	mimmé	—
terminative	mimig	—
essive-formal	mimként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mimben	—
superessive	mimen	—
adessive	mimnél	—
illative	mimbe	—
sublative	mimre	—
allative	mimhez	—
elative	mimből	—
delative	mimről	—
ablative	mimtől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	mimé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	miméi	—

Polish

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos)bor.

Latin mīmuslbor.

Polish mim

Learned borrowing from Latin mīmus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmim/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -im
Syllabification: mim

Noun

mim m pers

mime (pantomime actor)
Synonyms: mimik, pantomimista

Declension

Declension of *mim*
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimowie, mimy¹
genitive	mima	mimów
dative	mimowi	mimom
accusative	mima	mimów
instrumental	mimem	mimami
locative	mimie	mimach
vocative	mimie	mimowie

¹Deprecative.

Noun

mim m inan

(theater) mime (classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce)

Declension

Declension of *mim*
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimy
genitive	mimu	mimów
dative	mimowi	mimom
accusative	mim	mimy
instrumental	mimem	mimami
locative	mimie	mimach
vocative	mimie	mimy

Related terms

adjectives

mimiczny

adverbs

mimicznie

nouns

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mi, min from Latin mihi, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰye, dative of *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Audio (Portugal): (file)
Audio (Brazil): (file)
Audio (Brazil): (file)
Rhymes: -ĩ
Hyphenation: mim

Pronoun

mim

first-person singular prepositional pronoun
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 514:
  E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?
  And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?
(proscribed) used instead of eu as the subject of a subordinate clause following para, eg: para mim fazer instead of standard para eu fazer (for me to do)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mim.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mime.

Noun

mim n (plural mimuri)

pantomime

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mim	mimul	mimuri	mimurile
genitive-dative	mim	mimului	mimuri	mimurilor
vocative	mimule		mimurilor

Scots

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Alternative forms

mimm

Etymology

From Early Scots mim, imitative of pursing the lips.^[1] Compare English mum (“silent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɪm]^[1]

Adjective

mim (comparative mair mim, superlative maist mim)

restrained, peaceable
prim, prudish, modest

Adverb

mim (comparative mair mim, superlative maist mim)

mincingly

Verb

mim (third-person singular simple present mims, present participle mimin, simple past and past participle mimt)

(intransitive) to act in a prim manner
(intransitive) to move in a prim manner

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “mim, adj., adv., v..”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From meme.

Noun

mim m anim (Cyrillic spelling мим)

(Internet slang) meme

Declension

Declension of *mim*
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimovi
genitive	mima	mimova
dative	mimu	mimovima
accusative	mima	mimove
vocative	mimu	mimovi
locative	mimu	mimovima
instrumental	mimom	mimovima

Swedish

Noun

mim c

mime (pantomime, form of acting without words)
Synonym: pantomim

Declension

Declension of **mim**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mim	mims
singular	definite	mimen	mimens
plural	indefinite	mimer	mimers
plural	definite	mimerna	mimernas

Related terms

mima
mimare

References

“mim”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“mim”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“mim”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic مِيم (mīm)

Ottoman Turkish میم (mîm)

Turkish mim

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish میم (mîm), from Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimler)

Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet, mem (‍م), representing the sound /m/.
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Declension

Declension of mim

	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimler
definite accusative	mimi	mimleri
dative	mime	mimlere
locative	mimde	mimlerde
ablative	mimden	mimlerden
genitive	mimin	mimlerin

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimim	mimlerim
2nd singular	mimin	mimlerin
3rd singular	mimi	mimleri
1st plural	mimimiz	mimlerimiz
2nd plural	miminiz	mimleriniz
3rd plural	mimleri	mimleri
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimimi	mimlerimi
2nd singular	mimini	mimlerini
3rd singular	mimini	mimlerini
1st plural	mimimizi	mimlerimizi
2nd plural	miminizi	mimlerinizi
3rd plural	mimlerini	mimlerini
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimime	mimlerime
2nd singular	mimine	mimlerine
3rd singular	mimine	mimlerine
1st plural	mimimize	mimlerimize
2nd plural	miminize	mimlerinize
3rd plural	mimlerine	mimlerine
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimimde	mimlerimde
2nd singular	miminde	mimlerinde
3rd singular	miminde	mimlerinde
1st plural	mimimizde	mimlerimizde
2nd plural	miminizde	mimlerinizde
3rd plural	mimlerinde	mimlerinde
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimimden	mimlerimden
2nd singular	miminden	mimlerinden
3rd singular	miminden	mimlerinden
1st plural	mimimizden	mimlerimizden
2nd plural	miminizden	mimlerinizden
3rd plural	mimlerinden	mimlerinden
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	mimimin	mimlerimin
2nd singular	miminin	mimlerinin
3rd singular	miminin	mimlerinin
1st plural	mimimizin	mimlerimizin
2nd plural	miminizin	mimlerinizin
3rd plural	mimlerinin	mimlerinin

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of mühim (“important”), from Ottoman Turkish مهم, from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimler)

(historical) nota bene sign.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of mevcut, from Ottoman Turkish موجود, from Arabic ْمَوْجُود (mawjūd).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimler)

(obsolete) Indicates that something or someone is present, exists.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of temme and temmet, from Ottoman Turkish تم or تمت, Arabic تَمَّ (tamma) or تَمَّتْ (tammat).

Noun

mim (definite accusative mimi, plural mimler)

(obsolete) Indicates that something is completed, such as a manuscript; the end sign.

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيم (mīm).

Noun

mim

the Arabic letter م

Declension

Declension of *mim*
	singular	plural
nominative	mim	mimlar
genitive	mimning	mimlarning
dative	mimga	mimlarga
definite accusative	mimni	mimlarni
locative	mimda	mimlarda
ablative	mimdan	mimlardan
similative	mimdek	mimlardek

Possessive forms of *mim*
1^st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	mimim	mimlarim
genitive	mimimning	mimlarimning
dative	mimimga	mimlarimga
definite accusative	mimimni	mimlarimni
locative	mimimda	mimlarimda
ablative	mimimdan	mimlarimdan
similative	mimimdek	mimlarimdek

2^nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	miming	mimlaring
genitive	mimingning	mimlaringning
dative	mimingga	mimlaringga
definite accusative	mimingni	mimlaringni
locative	mimingda	mimlaringda
ablative	mimingdan	mimlaringdan
similative	mimingdek	mimlaringdek

3^rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	mimi	mimlari
genitive	mimining	mimlarining
dative	mimiga	mimlariga
definite accusative	mimini	mimlarini
locative	mimida	mimlarida
ablative	mimidan	mimlaridan
similative	mimidek	mimlaridek

1^st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mimimiz	mimlarimiz
genitive	mimimizning	mimlarimizning
dative	mimimizga	mimlarimizga
definite accusative	mimimizni	mimlarimizni
locative	mimimizda	mimlarimizda
ablative	mimimizdan	mimlarimizdan
similative	mimimizdek	mimlarimizdek

2^nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mimingiz	mimlaringiz
genitive	mimingizning	mimlaringizning
dative	mimingizga	mimlaringizga
definite accusative	mimingizni	mimlaringizni
locative	mimingizda	mimlaringizda
ablative	mimingizdan	mimlaringizdan
similative	mimingizdek	mimlaringizdek

3^rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mimi	mimlari
genitive	mimining	mimlarining
dative	mimiga	mimlariga
definite accusative	mimini	mimlarini
locative	mimida	mimlarida
ablative	mimidan	mimlaridan
similative	mimidek	mimlaridek

[DSL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “mim, adj., adv., v..”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

[1]

number	person		nominative	prepositional	accusative	dative	prepositional with com	non-declining
singular	1st		eu	mim	me		comigo	—
	2nd		tu	ti	te		contigo	você o senhor m a senhora f
	3rd	m	ele		o (lo, no)	lhe	com ele	o mesmo
	3rd	f	ela		a (la, na)	lhe	com ela	a mesma
plural	1st		nós		nos		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)	a gente
	2nd		vós		vos		convosco com vós	vocês os senhores m as senhoras f
	3rd	m	eles		os (los, nos)	lhes	com eles	os mesmos
	3rd	f	elas		as (las, nas)	lhes	com elas	as mesmas
reflexive 3rd / indefinite			—	si	se		consigo	o mesmo etc. (reflexive)

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Further reading

Chungli Ao

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Hausa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Quotations

See also

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Adverb

Verb