jim

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jim (plural jims)

1. (humorous) Alternative form of gym

Shortening of jimmy

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɪm]

jim pl

1. dative plural of on

From Arabic جِيم (jīm).

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

jim f

1. jeem (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

• nim (after a preposition)

• IPA^(key): [jim]

jim

1. dative of wóni

jim

1. water

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

Borrowed from Arabic جِيم (jīm).

jim (plural jimlar)

1. the Arabic letter ج

• IPA^(key): /jɪm/

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

jim

1. you (second-person plural pronoun)

• jimme

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jim

1. your (second-person plural possessive determiner)

• jimme