{"def":{"short":"used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not","long":["if",["conditional clauses",["of possible situations","of impossible situations"],"oath contexts",["no, not"],"if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or","when, whenever","since","interrogative particle","but rather"]]},"deriv":"a primitive particle","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɪm","ipa_mod":"ʔim","sbl":"ʾim","dic":"im","dic_mod":"eem"}}