име

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ime"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę), from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

и́ме • (íme) n (relational adjective и́менен)

1. name, appellation
2. reputation, name
3. (grammar) (a term similar to) noun (broad sense)

   съществи́телно и́ме ― sǎštestvítelno íme ― noun (narrow sense), substantive

   прилага́телно и́ме ― prilagátelno íme ― adjective

   числи́телно и́ме ― čislítelno íme ― numeral, number

Declension

Declension of и́ме

	singular	plural
indefinite	и́ме íme	имена́ imená
definite	и́мето ímeto	имена́та imenáta

References

• “име”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “име”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *imə, from Proto-Uralic *äjmä. Cognate with Western Mari им (im).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈime/
• Rhymes: -ime
• Hyphenation: име

Noun

име • (ime)

1. needle, sewing needle
2. (botany) needle, spike, thorn
3. (zoology) spine
4. (technical) needle

Declension

Declension of име
	singular	plural
nominative	име (ime)	име-влак (ime-vlak)
accusative	имем (imem)	име-влакым (ime-vlakym)
genitive	имен (imen)	име-влакын (ime-vlakyn)
dative	имелан (imelan)	име-влаклан (ime-vlaklan)
comitative	имеге (imege)	име-влакге (ime-vlakge)
comparative	имела (imela)	име-влакла (ime-vlakla)
inessive	имеште (imešte)	име-влакыште (ime-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	имеш (imeš)	име-влакыш (ime-vlakyš)
illative (long)	имешке (imeške)	име-влакышке (ime-vlakyške)
lative	имеш (imeš)	име-влакеш (ime-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of име
	singular	plural
1st person	имем (imem)	имена (imena)
2nd person	имет (imet)	имеда (imeda)
3rd person	имеже (imeže)	имешт (imešt)

References

• V. M. Vasiljev, Z. V. Uchaev (2003) “име”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “име”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

име • (ime) n (plural имиња, diminutive именце)

1. name

Declension

Declension of име

	singular	plural
indefinite	име (ime)	имиња (iminja)
definite unspecified	името (imeto)	имињата (iminjata)
definite proximal	имево (imevo)	имињава (iminjava)
definite distal	имено (imeno)	имињана (iminjana)
vocative	име (ime)	имиња (iminja)

References

• име in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Mator

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ejmä, from Proto-Uralic *äjmä.

Noun

име (ime)

1. needle

References

• E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[1] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 253

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• jime (Chakavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îme/
• Hyphenation: и‧ме

Noun

и̏ме n (Latin spelling ȉme)

1. name

Declension

Declension of име

	singular	plural
nominative	и̏ме	имѐна
genitive	и̏мена	име́на̄
dative	имену	именима
accusative	име	имена
vocative	име	имена
locative	имену	именима
instrumental	именом	именима

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ime.

Derived terms

• и̏менскӣ
• и̏меновати

Related terms

• прѐзиме