limfa
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See also: limfą
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]limfa f (plural limfes)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “limfa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “limfa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “limfa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “limfa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin lympha (literally “water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride, young girl; spring water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlimfa/ [ˈlim.fa]
- Rhymes: -imfa
- Syllabification: lim‧fa
Noun
[edit]limfa (plural limfa-limfa)
- (physiology) synonym of getah bening (“lymph”)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is often confused with limpa (“spleen”).
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “limfa” 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.
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; ultimately from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]li̇̀mfa f (uncountable) stress pattern 1
Declension
[edit]nominative | li̇̀mfa |
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genitive | li̇̀mfos |
dative | li̇̀mfai |
accusative | li̇̀mfą |
instrumental | li̇̀mfa |
locative | li̇̀mfoje |
vocative | li̇̀mfa |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “limfa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “limfa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
- “limfa”, entry by Renata Šimkūnaitė-Rizgelienė, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare English lymph, French lymphe, German Lymphe, ultimately from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]limfa f (related adjective limfatyczny)
- (physiology) lymph (colorless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets)
- Synonym: chłonka
Declension
[edit]Declension of limfa
Related terms
[edit]nouns
Further reading
[edit]- limfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- limfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- limfa in PWN's encyclopedia
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑мфа)
Declension
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Latin
- Indonesian learned borrowings from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/imfa
- Rhymes:Indonesian/imfa/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Physiology
- Lithuanian internationalisms
- Lithuanian terms derived from Latin
- Lithuanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- lt:Physiology
- Lithuanian uncountable nouns
- lt:Bodily fluids
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/imfa
- Rhymes:Polish/imfa/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Physiology
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Bodily fluids
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Bodily fluids