different between dave vs jim

English

Alternative forms

• daive, deave, deve

Etymology

From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English d?afian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).

Verb

dave (third-person singular simple present daves, present participle daving, simple past and past participle daved)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

Anagrams

• E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dav?]

Noun

dave m

1. vocative singular of dav

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dave (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of daviti

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (j?m).

Noun

jim f

1. jeem (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• nim (after a preposition)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jim]

Pronoun

jim

1. dative of wóni

Mefele

Noun

jim

1. water

Further reading

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

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?m/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian j?, from Proto-Germanic *j?z, from Proto-Indo-European *y??, plural of *túh?..

Pronoun

jim

1. you (second-person plural pronoun)

Inflection

Alternative forms

• jimme

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

jim

1. your (second-person plural possessive determiner)

Alternative forms

• jimme