lim

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

Translingual

Symbol

lim

(mathematics) limit

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lim, from Old Norse lím.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈliːˀm]

Noun

lim c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime)

glue

Declension

Declension of lim

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lim	limen	lime	limene
genitive	lims	limens	limes	limenes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈliːˀm]

Verb

lim

imperative of lime

References

“lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Noun

lim

indefinite accusative singular of limur

Icelandic

Noun

lim

indefinite accusative singular of limur
indefinite dative singular of limur

Ladin

Noun

lim m (plural lims)

limit

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lim.

Noun

lim

Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Etymology 2

From Old English līm.

Noun

lim

Alternative form of lyme (“quicklime”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lím

Noun

lim n (definite singular limet, indefinite plural lim, definite plural lima or limene)

glue, paste (adhesive)

Derived terms

Related terms

lime (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

lim

imperative of lime

References

“lim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lím

Noun

lim n (definite singular limet, indefinite plural lim, definite plural lima)

glue, paste (adhesive)

Derived terms

tapetlim

References

“lim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lim m

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

glue

Descendants

Danish: lim

Old English

Alternative forms

leom

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lim/

Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)

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 limus (“mud”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːm/

Noun

līm m (nominative plural līmas)

mortar, paste, lime

Descendants

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

References

Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

Noun

lim m

limb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)

sheet metal
(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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

glue

Volapük

Noun

lim (plural lims)

limb

Declension

declension of lim

	singular	plural
nominative	lim	lims
genitive	lima	limas
dative	lime	limes
accusative	limi	limis
predicative	limu	limus
vocative	o lim!	o lims!

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