limen

Galician

Verb

limen

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of limar

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈliː.men/

Noun

līmen (genitive līminis); n, third declension

1. threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
2. lintel
3. threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
4. house, home, abode, dwelling
5. beginning, commencement
6. end, termination

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmen	līmina
genitive	līminis	līminum
dative	līminī	līminibus
accusative	līmen	līmina
ablative	līmine	līminibus
vocative	līmen	līmina

Derived terms

• līmināris

Descendants

• Italian: limine
• Spanish: limen

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lǐmen/
• Hyphenation: li‧men

Adjective

lìmen (definite lìmenī, Cyrillic spelling лѝмен)

1. made of tin or sheet metal; tin-

Declension

    indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limen	limena	limeno
genitive		limena	limene	limena
dative		limenu	limenoj	limenu
accusative	inanimate animate	limen limena	limenu	limeno
vocative		limen	limena	limeno
locative		limenu	limenoj	limenu
instrumental		limenim	limenom	limenim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limene	limena
genitive		limenih	limenih	limenih
dative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
accusative		limene	limene	limena
vocative		limeni	limene	limena
locative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
instrumental		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)

    definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limena	limeno
genitive		limenog(a)	limene	limenog(a)
dative		limenom(u/e)	limenoj	limenom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	limeni limenog(a)	limenu	limeno
vocative		limeni	limena	limeno
locative		limenom(e/u)	limenoj	limenom(e/u)
instrumental		limenim	limenom	limenim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		limeni	limene	limena
genitive		limenih	limenih	limenih
dative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
accusative		limene	limene	limena
vocative		limeni	limene	limena
locative		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)
instrumental		limenim(a)	limenim(a)	limenim(a)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin līmen.

Noun

limen m (plural límenes)

1. (poetic) threshold, doorstep

Synonyms

• umbral

Etymology 2

See limar

Verb

limen (infinitive limar)

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of limar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of limar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of limar.