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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Albanian *leudno, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Alternatively formed from polem.

Noun

lem m (plural leme, definite lemi, definite plural lemet)

  1. people

Declension

Declension of lem
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative lem leme lemi lemet
accusative lemin
dative lemi lemeve lemit lemevet
ablative lemesh

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Daco-Romanian lemn.

Noun

lem n (plural lemi)

  1. wood

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live; to be alive”). Cognate with German leben, English live.

Verb

lem (auxiliary håm)

  1. (Luserna) to live at, reside
    Moine non lem atz Lusérn. ― My grandparents live in Luserna.

References

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish lem, English limb, Dutch leem.

Noun

lem n (singular definite lemmet, plural indefinite lemmer)

  1. limb (arm or leg in a human or an animal)
  2. (formal) penis
  3. (dated) inmate (in an institution)
Declension
Declension of lem
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lem lemmet lemmer lemmerne
genitive lems lemmets lemmers lemmernes
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz (“noice; lid”), cognate with Norwegian lem, Swedish läm, Old English hlemm, Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 (hlamma).

Noun

lem c (singular definite lemmen, plural indefinite lemme)

  1. hatch
  2. trapdoor
Declension
Declension of lem
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lem lemmen lemme lemmene
genitive lems lemmens lemmes lemmenes
Derived terms

References

Galician

Verb

lem

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ler

Icelandic

Verb

lem (weak)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lemja
  2. second-person singular imperative of lemja

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch lijm, from Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

lem or lèm

  1. glue (any sticky adhesive substance)
    Synonym: perekat

Synonyms

  • gam (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
  • perekat (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Contraction

lem (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of le mo (“with my”).
    Chuir sé cúl orm lem chuid oibre.
    It left me late with my work.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”) na (“the pl”) mo (“my”) do (“your”) a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) ár (“our”) ar (“which (past)”) (before consonant) (present/future before vowel) (past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do (“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi (“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lämbin. Akin to Finnish lämmin.

Adjective

lem

  1. warm

Middle English

Noun

lem

  1. Alternative form of leme

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lem, from Proto-Celtic *limos (compare Welsh llwyf, from a variant *lēmos), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”); compare Latin ulmus.

Noun

lem m (genitive lim)

  1. elm tree
    Synonym: lemán

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“weak, broken, soft”).

Adjective

lem

  1. soft, tender
  2. weak, powerless
  3. impotent (in sexual sense)
  4. foolish, worthless
Descendants
  • Irish: leamh

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lem unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Mòcheno

Etymology 1

From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live; to be alive”). Cognate with German leben, English live.

Verb

lem

  1. to live

Etymology 2

From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn (noun), from the verb. Cognate with German Leben.

Noun

lem n

  1. life

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”) (compare English limb).

Noun

lem (definite singular lemmen or lemen, indefinite plural lemmar or lemmer or lemar or lemer, definite plural lammane or lemmene or lemane or lemene)

  1. limb
  2. member
  3. (euphemistic) penis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz, as also Icelandic hlemmur.

Noun

lem m (definite singular lemmen, indefinite plural lemmar, definite plural lemmane)

  1. hatch
  2. trapdoor

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lem

  1. inflection of lemja:
    1. present
    2. imperative
  2. imperative of lema and lemma

References

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”) (compare English limb).

Noun

lem c

  1. a limb (body part)
  3. penis
    Synonym: manslem

Usage notes

(sense 2) has similar tone to English member.

Declension

Declension of lem 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lem lemmen lemmar lemmarna
Genitive lems lemmens lemmars lemmarnas

Related terms

See also

References

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

lem • (淋, 𥋲)

  1. smudged, soiled
    Cô Bé Lọ Lem ― Cinderella (literally, “The Soot-smeared Girl”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Volapük

Noun

lem (nominative plural lems)

  1. paralysis

Declension

declension of lem
singular plural
nominative lem lems
genitive lema lemas
dative leme lemes
accusative lemi lemis
vocative 1 o lem! o lems!
predicative 2 lemu lemus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

White Hmong

Etymology

From Thai เลี้ยว (líao) ("to turn"), with vowel reduction.

Verb

lem

  1. to turn (to change direction of travel)
  2. to change direction when driving
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