leem
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Etymology edit
From Old Dutch leimo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).
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leem n or m (uncountable)
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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *leemi, from Proto-Uralic *läme. Cognates include Finnish liemi, Livonian līem, Votic and Ingrian leemi, Karelian liemi, Veps lem'; Northern Sami liepma (from Proto-Samic *liemë), Erzya лем (ľem), Moksha лям (ľam), Eastern Mari лем (ĺem), Udmurt лым (lym), Komi-Zyrian лем (ľem, “glue”), Northern Mansi ла̄м (lām), and Hungarian lé (“juice”), leves (“soup”).
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leem (genitive leeme, partitive leent)
Declension edit
| Declension of leem (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leem | leemed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | leeme | ||
| genitive | leente | ||
| partitive | leent | leemi | |
| illative | leende leemesse |
leentesse leemisse | |
| inessive | leemes | leentes leemis | |
| elative | leemest | leentest leemist | |
| allative | leemele | leentele leemile | |
| adessive | leemel | leentel leemil | |
| ablative | leemelt | leentelt leemilt | |
| translative | leemeks | leenteks leemiks | |
| terminative | leemeni | leenteni | |
| essive | leemena | leentena | |
| abessive | leemeta | leenteta | |
| comitative | leemega | leentega | |
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leem
- (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of lear:
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ler
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leem
- Alternative form of leme
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: le‧em
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leem