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Translingual

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lim

  1. (mathematics) limit
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Limburgish.

English

Noun

lim (plural lims)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of limb
    • 1679, Thomas May (translator), Lucans Pharsalia: or, the Civil Wars of Rome, book 4, page 115:
      […] ſhe ſees his lims with ſweating ſpent, / And his neck dry’d, as when he did ſuſtaine / The heavens: […]

See also

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse lím.

Pronunciation

Noun

lim c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime)

  1. glue
Declension
Declension of lim
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lim limen lime limene
genitive lims limens limes limenes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

lim

  1. imperative of lime

References

Faroese

Noun

lim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

Galician

Verb

lim

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of lim – see 啉 (“to drink; to drink alcohol”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 啉).

Icelandic

Noun

lim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of limur
  2. indefinite dative singular of limur

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʲim/
  • Syllabification: lim

Noun

lim m inan

  1. (rare, dated) glue
    Synonym: klej

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “klej”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • chapter LIM, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladin

Noun

lim m (plural lims)

  1. limit

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lim

  1. Alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)

Etymology 2

Noun

lim

  1. Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n (definite singular limet, indefinite plural lim, definite plural lima or limene)

  1. glue, paste (adhesive)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lim

  1. imperative of lime

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n (definite singular limet, indefinite plural lim, definite plural lima)

  1. glue, paste (adhesive)

Derived terms

References

Old Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Noun

lim m

  1. limb
Descendants
  • Danish: lem

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

  1. glue
Descendants

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *limu, probably related to *liþu- (whence liþ). Cognate with Old Norse limr.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)

  2. limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)
Declension
Declension of lim (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lim limu
accusative lim limu
genitive limes lima
dative lime limum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-. Cognate with Middle Dutch līm (Dutch lijm), Old High German līm (German Leim), Old Norse lím (Swedish lim). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin līmus (“mud”).

Pronunciation

Noun

līm m

  2. glue; mortar, paste, lime
Declension
Declension of lim (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative līm līmas
accusative līm līmas
genitive līmes līma
dative līme līmum
Derived terms
Descendants

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lim

  1. first-person singular of la

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Pronunciation

Noun

lim m

  1. limb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)

  1. sheet metal
  2. (by extension, hyponym, Croatia) tinplate
  3. (by extension, regional, Croatia) tin (silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50)
    Synonym: (Croatia) kositar

Declension

Declension of lim
singular plural
nominative lȉm lìmovi
genitive lima lìmōvā
dative limu limovima
accusative lim limove
vocative lime limovi
locative limu limovima
instrumental limom limovima

Synonyms

  • (tin): kalaj (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia)

Derived terms

See also

Symbol Pt Au Ag Fe Al Sn Cu
metal platina zlato srebro željezo aluminij lim bakar

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьlьmъ.

Noun

lìm m inan

  1. elm (tree of the genus Ulmus)
    Synonym: brest (more common)

Further reading

  • “lim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

  1. glue

Declension

Declension of lim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lim limmet lim limmen
Genitive lims limmets lims limmens

Further reading

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) lim

  1. Erythrophleum fordii

Volapük

Noun

lim (nominative plural lims)

  1. limb

Declension

declension of lim
singular plural
nominative lim lims
genitive lima limas
dative lime limes
accusative limi limis
vocative 1 o lim! o lims!
predicative 2 limu limus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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