likam

English

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 [dialectal]”) +‎ -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)