lem
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- len — dialectal
Etymology edit
Possibly from a Proto-Albanian *leudno, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Alternatively formed from polem.
Noun edit
lem m (plural leme, definite lemi, definite plural lemet)
Declension edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lignum. Compare Daco-Romanian lemn.
Noun edit
lem n (plural lemi)
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
lem (auxiliary håm)
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish lem, English limb, Dutch leem.
Noun edit
lem n (singular definite lemmet, plural indefinite lemmer)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “lem,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz (“noice; lid”), cognate with Norwegian lem, Swedish läm, Old English hlemm, Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 (hlamma).
Noun edit
lem c (singular definite lemmen, plural indefinite lemme)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “lem,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Galician edit
Verb edit
lem
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ler
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
lem (weak)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch lijm, from Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lem or lèm
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
lem (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) Contraction of le mo (“with my”).
- Chuir sé cúl orm lem chuid oibre.
- It left me late with my work.
Related terms edit
Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lämbin. Akin to Finnish lämmin.
Adjective edit
lem
Middle English edit
Noun edit
lem
- Alternative form of leme
Middle Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
lem m (genitive lim)
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“weak, broken, soft”).
Adjective edit
lem
Descendants edit
- Irish: leamh
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 lem (‘elm tree’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 lem (‘soft’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mòcheno edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
lem
- to live
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn (noun), from the verb. Cognate with German Leben.
Noun edit
lem n
References edit
- “lem” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”) (compare English limb).
Noun edit
lem (definite singular lemmen or lemen, indefinite plural lemmar or lemmer or lemar or lemer, definite plural lammane or lemmene or lemane or lemene)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz, as also Icelandic hlemmur.
Noun edit
lem m (definite singular lemmen, indefinite plural lemmar, definite plural lemmane)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lem
- inflection of lemja:
- imperative of lema and lemma
References edit
- “lem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”) (compare English limb).
Noun edit
lem c
Usage notes edit
(sense 2) has similar tone to English member.
Declension edit
Declension of lem | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lem | lemmen | lemmar | lemmarna |
Genitive | lems | lemmens | lemmars | lemmarnas |
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
- smudged, soiled
- Cô Bé Lọ Lem ― Cinderella (literally, “The Soot-smeared Girl”)
Derived terms edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
lem (nominative plural lems)
Declension edit
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Thai เลี้ยว (líao) ("to turn"), with vowel reduction.
Verb edit
lem