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lim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lim"

Translingual

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lim

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

English

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Noun

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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: […]

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse lím.

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Noun

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lim c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime)

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

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Verb

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lim

  1. imperative of lime

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Faroese

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Noun

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lim

  1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

Galician

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Verb

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lim

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

Hokkien

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

Icelandic

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Noun

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lim

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

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Leim.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlim/
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: lim

Noun

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lim m inan

  1. (rare, dated) glue
    Synonym: klej

Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “klej”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “klej”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “lim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladin

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Noun

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lim m (plural lims)

  1. limit

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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lim

  1. Alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)

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Noun

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lim

  1. Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lím.

Noun

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

  1. glue, paste (adhesive)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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lim

  1. imperative of lime

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lím.

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

  1. glue, paste (adhesive)

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Old Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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lim m

  1. limb
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  • Danish: lem

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lím.

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lim n

  1. glue
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Old English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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lim n (nominative plural limu)

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

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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”).

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līm m

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

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Pronoun

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lim

  1. first-person singular of la

Scanian

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Etymology

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

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lim m

  1. limb

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German līm.

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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

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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

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

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

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *jьlьmъ.

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lìm m inan

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lím.

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lim n

  1. glue

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Declension of lim
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lim lims
definite limmet limmets
plural indefinite lim lims
definite limmen limmens

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Vietnamese

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Noun

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(classifier cây) lim

  1. Erythrophleum fordii

Volapük

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Noun

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lim (nominative plural lims)

  1. limb

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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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