lijm

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lijm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lijm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lijm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lijm you have here. The definition of the word lijm will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflijm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛi̯m/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lijm
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).

Noun

lijm m (plural lijmen)

  1. glue
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lym
  • Negerhollands: liem
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
  • → Indonesian: lem
  • → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lijm

  1. inflection of lijmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) (modern English slime).

Noun

lijm n

  1. mud, sludge, clay
  2. slime, spit, saliva
  3. glue

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia