likam

English

Alternative forms

• leccam, lekame, lecam, likame, licame, lichame (dialectal)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪkəm/

Noun

likam (plural likams)

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.
2. (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
3. (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.

Related terms

• lich

Anagrams

• Malik, malik

Hungarian

Etymology

lik (“hole [dialectal]”) +‎ -am (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlikɒm]
• Hyphenation: li‧kam

Noun

likam

1. (dialectal) first-person singular single-possession possessive of lik

Declension

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	—

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

likam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of lekam