lim

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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

limit (mathematics)

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Clipping of English limit.

Symbol

lim

1. (mathematics) limit

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Limburgish or Dutch and Limburgish Limburgs.

Symbol

lim

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Limburgish.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Limburgish terms

English

Noun

lim (plural lims)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of limb.
   • 1679, Thomas May (translator), Lucans Pharsalia: or, the Civil Wars of Rome, book 4, page 115:

     […] ſhe ſees his lims with ſweating ſpent, / And his neck dry’d, as when he did ſuſtaine / The heavens: […]

See also

• lim sup

Anagrams

• ILM, Mil, MLI, MIL, mil, mil.

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lime.

Noun

lim m (plural limyow)

1. lime (mineral)
2. cement

See also

• kalgh (“limestone”)
• limaval (“lime (fruit)”)

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. imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Noun

lim

1. indefinite accusative singular of limur

Galician

Verb

lim

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Hokkien

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

Icelandic

Noun

lim

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

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim/
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: lim

Noun

lim m inan

1. (rare, dated) glue

   Synonym: klej

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “klej”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “klej”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “lim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladin

Noun

lim m (plural lims)

1. limit

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lim

1. alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)

Etymology 2

Noun

lim

1. alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

lim

Wikipedia ^no

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. imperative of lime

References

• “lim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lim

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

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

1. glue, paste (adhesive)

Derived terms

• limsniffar
• limstift
• superlim
• tapetlim

References

• “lim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• leom, lym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)

2. limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)
   • c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:

     Wearm lim ġebundenne bǣg hwīlum bersteð.

     Warm limb sometimes shatters the bound ring.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lim	limu
accusative	lim	limu
genitive	limes	lima
dative	lime	limum

The plural forms also appear with the vowel eo instead of i: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lim	leomu
accusative	lim	leomu
genitive	limes	leoma
dative	lime	leomum

Derived terms

• limmǣlum

Descendants

• Middle English: lyme, leme, lim, lime, lym, limæ, leome (Early Middle English)
  • English: limb
  • Scots: limb, lim
  • ⇒ Yola: lemethès

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-. 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

2. glue; mortar, paste, lime

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	līm	līmas
accusative	līm	līmas
genitive	līmes	līma
dative	līme	līmum

Derived terms

• ġelīman

Descendants

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “lim”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲimʲ/

Pronoun

lim

1. first-person singular of la

Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

Noun

lim m

1. limb