lim

See also: Lim, lím, līm, lɩm, -lim-, and lîm

Translingual

Symbol

lim

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

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse lím.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːˀm]

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːˀm]

Verb

lim

1. imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Noun

lim

1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

Icelandic

Noun

lim

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

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”)

Min Nan

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• superlim
• tapetlim

Related terms

• lime (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

lim

1. imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

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

1. glue, paste (adhesive)

Derived terms

• limsniffar
• limstift
• superlim
• tapetlim

References

• “lim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lim m

1. limb
   • c. 1210, "Foræ enæ hand skal bøtæ halfa man bøtær", Scanian Law, chapter 95.

     […] ok um tær manz ok allæ þe limmir man ma hylia […]

     […] and of a man's toes and all the limbs he has to cover […]

Descendants

• Danish: lem

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

1. glue

Descendants

• Danish: lim

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• leom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

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

• limmǣlum

Descendants

• Middle English: lyme, leme, lim, lime, lym; limæ, leome
  • English: limb
  • Scots: limb, lim

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lei-. 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

• IPA^(key): /liːm/

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

• ġelīman

Descendants

• Middle English: lym, lim, lime, lyme
  • English: lime

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “lim”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲimʲ/

Pronoun

lim

1. first-person singular of la

Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

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)

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

Derived terms

• lìmen

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

• lim in Svensk ordbok.
• lim in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• mil, mil.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]

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