jim

See also: Jim, jím, and їм

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Noun

jim (plural jims)

1. (humorous) Alternative form of gym (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

Noun

jim (plural jims)

1. Alternative form of jeem (“Arabic letter”)

Etymology 3

Shortening of jimmy.

Verb

jim (third-person singular simple present jims, present participle jimming, simple past and past participle jimmed)

1. (informal) To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

• jim hat
• jim-jams
• jim-swinger
• jim up

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɪm]

Pronoun

jim pl

1. dative plural of on

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic جِيم (jīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒím/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ́ŋ]

Noun

jim f

1. jeem (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• nim (after a preposition)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jim]

Pronoun

jim

1. dative of wóni

Mefele

Noun

jim

1. water

Further reading

• Karyn Crawford, Lexicostatistics and intelligibility testing survey with simplified SLOPE of the Mefele language (2005), SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-021: 21, page 18

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِيم (jīm).

Noun

jim (plural jimlar)

1. the Arabic letter ج

Declension

Declension of jim

	singular	plural
nominative	jim	jimlar
genitive	jimning	jimlarning
dative	jimga	jimlarga
definite accusative	jimni	jimlarni
locative	jimda	jimlarda
ablative	jimdan	jimlardan
similative	jimdek	jimlardek

Possessive forms of jim

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	jimim	jimlarim
genitive	jimimning	jimlarimning
dative	jimimga	jimlarimga
definite accusative	jimimni	jimlarimni
locative	jimimda	jimlarimda
ablative	jimimdan	jimlarimdan
similative	jimimdek	jimlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	jiming	jimlaring
genitive	jimingning	jimlaringning
dative	jimingga	jimlaringga
definite accusative	jimingni	jimlaringni
locative	jimingda	jimlaringda
ablative	jimingdan	jimlaringdan
similative	jimingdek	jimlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	jimi	jimlari
genitive	jimining	jimlarining
dative	jimiga	jimlariga
definite accusative	jimini	jimlarini
locative	jimida	jimlarida
ablative	jimidan	jimlaridan
similative	jimidek	jimlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	jimimiz	jimlarimiz
genitive	jimimizning	jimlarimizning
dative	jimimizga	jimlarimizga
definite accusative	jimimizni	jimlarimizni
locative	jimimizda	jimlarimizda
ablative	jimimizdan	jimlarimizdan
similative	jimimizdek	jimlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	jimingiz	jimlaringiz
genitive	jimingizning	jimlaringizning
dative	jimingizga	jimlaringizga
definite accusative	jimingizni	jimlaringizni
locative	jimingizda	jimlaringizda
ablative	jimingizdan	jimlaringizdan
similative	jimingizdek	jimlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	jimi	jimlari
genitive	jimining	jimlarining
dative	jimiga	jimlariga
definite accusative	jimini	jimlarini
locative	jimida	jimlarida
ablative	jimidan	jimlaridan
similative	jimidek	jimlaridek

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪm/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian jī, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, plural of *túh₂..

Pronoun

jim

1. you (second-person plural pronoun)

Inflection

West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives

			personal				possessive
			subject case	object case			determiner	pronoun
				normal	reflexive
singular	1st		ik	my	mysels		myn	mines
	2nd	informal	do, dû1	dy	dysels		dyn	dines
		formal	jo	jo	josels		jo	jowes
	3rd	m	hy	him	himsels		syn	sines
		f	sy, hja1	har	harsels		har	harres
		n	it	it	himsels		syn	sines
plural	1st		wy	ús	ússels		ús	uzes
	2nd		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels, jinsels		jim(me)	jimmes
	3rd		sy, hja1	har(ren)	harsels		har(ren)	harres

¹ Now mostly archaic and unused.

Alternative forms

• jimme

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

jim

1. your (second-person plural possessive determiner)

Alternative forms

• jimme