zim

See also: Zim, ZIM, zim-, Zim., and зим

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʑim/
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: zim

Noun

zim f

1. genitive plural of zima

Yola

Alternative forms

• zum

Etymology

From Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪm/, /zʊm/

Pronoun

zim

1. some
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:

     Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee reed cley;

     Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in red clay;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;

     She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;

Determiner

zim

1. some
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Ayenst zim vartful ropeare at a rumcht ouse avar.

     Against some wanton ranter that has raved (at) us before.

Derived terms

• zumthin'

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81