lem
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lem (‘elm tree’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- Aromanian terms inherited from Latin
- Aromanian terms derived from Latin
- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian neuter nouns
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Old High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Old High German
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Cimbrian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian verbs
- Cimbrian weak verbs
- Luserna Cimbrian
- Cimbrian terms with usage examples
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/ɛmˀ
- Rhymes:Danish/ɛmˀ/1 syllable
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish formal terms
- Danish dated terms
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic verb forms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish contractions
- Munster Irish
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Livonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Livonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Livonian lemmas
- Livonian adjectives
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Irish lemmas
- Middle Irish nouns
- Middle Irish masculine nouns
- Middle Irish adjectives
- Mòcheno terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Mòcheno terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyp-
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Middle High German
- Mòcheno terms derived from Middle High German
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Old High German
- Mòcheno terms derived from Old High German
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Mòcheno terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Mòcheno terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Mòcheno lemmas
- Mòcheno verbs
- Mòcheno nouns
- Mòcheno neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk euphemisms
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- White Hmong terms borrowed from Thai
- White Hmong terms derived from Thai
- White Hmong lemmas
- White Hmong verbs