llimbs

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin limbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎims]

Noun

llimbs m pl (plural only)

1. (Roman Catholicism) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)
2. limbo (an in-between place)

Related terms

• limbe

Further reading

• “llimbs”, 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