Irish

Alternative forms

• imneadh (archaic)
• imnidhe (superseded)
• imshníomh

Noun

imní f ‎(genitive singular imní)

1. anxiety, worry

   Tá imní uirthi.‎

   She is worried. (lit. ‘Anxiety is on her’)

   Tháinig imní orm.‎

   I started to worry. (lit. ‘Anxiety came upon me’)

   Níl aon údar imní ann.‎

   There’s nothing to worry about. (lit. ‘There is no cause of anxiety’)

Declension

Derived terms

• cuir imní ar ‎(“to worry (transitive), make anxious”)
• déan imní ‎(“to worry (intransitive), be anxious”)
• imníoch ‎(“anxious”)

Mutation

References

• “imṡním” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “imned” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “imnidhe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “imshníomh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "imní" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.