nimma
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Scanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nimma
- to understand
Sicilian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nimma m (plural nimmi)
- Unintelligible talking.
- Parrari a nimma. ― To speak in an incomprehensible way.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną. Although this verb originally belonged to the class 4 of strong verbs, it has merged into class 3, possibly analogically to simma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nimma (present nimmer, preterite nam, supine nummit, imperative nim)
- (obsolete) to take
- 1571, Amund Laurentzson, “O HERRE Gudh j himmelrik”, in Then Swenska Psalmeboken[1], page 188:
- […] Ty äplet hon nam/ aff ormsens hand/ […]
- […] For the apple she took, from the hand of the snake, […]
- (obsolete) to learn
- (rare, dated) to notice, to be aware of, to sense
- Synonym: förnimma
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of nimma (class 3 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | nimma | nimmas | ||
Supine | nummit | nummits | ||
Imperative | nim | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | nimmen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | nimmer | nam | nims, nimmes | nams |
Ind. plural1 | nimma | nummo | nimmas | nummos |
Subjunctive2 | nimme | numme | nimmes | nummes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | nimmande | |||
Past participle | nummen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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