imní

See also: imni

Irish

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

imní f (genitive singular imní)

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.”)
eagerness, diligence, care
Bhuafadh an imní ar an gcinniúint. (proverb)
Accidents can be avoided with care.
(literally, “Care could overcome fate.”)

Declension of imní (fourth declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an imní
genitive	na himní
dative	leis an imní don imní

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.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imṡním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ 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
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40