liman

See also: Liman

English

Etymology

French limon (“silt”), from Latin limus (“mud”).

Noun

liman (plural limans)

  1. The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for liman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian лима́н (limán).

Noun

liman

  1. estuary
  2. port, harbour, haven.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Finnish

Noun

liman

  1. Genitive singular form of lima.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

liman

  1. third-person plural present indicative of limar

Hausa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

lī̀mân m (plural lī̀mā̀mai, possessed form lī̀māmìn)

  1. (Islam) imam
  2. The equivalent of an imam in other religions; in Christianity, a pastor or priest.

Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish liman.

Noun

liman n (plural limanuri)

  1. haven
  2. port, harbor
  3. bank
  4. lagoon
  5. estuary
  6. coast

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

liman

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

Tetum

Noun

liman

  1. (anatomy) arm

Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek λιμένιον (liménion), from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn)

Noun

liman (definite accusative limanı, plural limanlar)

  1. port, haven, harbor

Declension

Inflection
Nominative liman
Definite accusative limanı
Singular Plural
Nominative liman limanlar
Definite accusative limanı limanları
Dative limana limanlara
Locative limanda limanlarda
Ablative limandan limanlardan
Genitive limanın limanların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular limanım limanlarım
2nd singular limanın limanların
3rd singular limanı limanları
1st plural limanımız limanlarımız
2nd plural limanınız limanlarınız
3rd plural limanları limanları

Descendants

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