From Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līchama (“body”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like (“body”) + hame (“covering, case”).
In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”).
likam (plural likams)
lik (“hole ”) + -am (possessive suffix)
likam
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | likam | — |
| accusative | likamat | — |
| dative | likamnak | — |
| instrumental | likammal | — |
| causal-final | likamért | — |
| translative | likammá | — |
| terminative | likamig | — |
| essive-formal | likamként | — |
| essive-modal | likamul | — |
| inessive | likamban | — |
| superessive | likamon | — |
| adessive | likamnál | — |
| illative | likamba | — |
| sublative | likamra | — |
| allative | likamhoz | — |
| elative | likamból | — |
| delative | likamról | — |
| ablative | likamtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
likamé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
likaméi | — |
likam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)