lim

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

Translingual

Symbol

lim

1. (mathematics) limit

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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. (deprecated template usage) imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Noun

lim

1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

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Icelandic

Noun

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

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Ladin

Noun

lim m (plural lims)

1. limit

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lim.

Noun

lim

1. Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Etymology 2

From Old English līm.

Noun

lim

1. Alternative form of lyme (“quicklime”)

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Min Nan

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

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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. (deprecated template usage) imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• tapetlim

References

• “lim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

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Old English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• leom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)

1. 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, lym, lim
  • English: limb

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 (nominative plural līmas)

1. glue; mortar, paste, lime

Derived terms

• ġelīman

Descendants

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

References

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

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Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

Noun

lim m

1. limb

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)

1. sheet metal
2. (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

Derived terms

• lìmen

Synonyms

• (copper): kalaj, kositar

See also

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

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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

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

1. glue

Anagrams

• mil, mil.

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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

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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