likam
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līchama (“body”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like (“body”) + hame (“covering, case”).
In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlikam (plural likams)
- (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.
- (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
- (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.
Related terms
editAnagrams
editHungarian
editEtymology
editlik (“hole [dialectal]”) + -am (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlikam
Declension
editInflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | likam | — |
accusative | likamat | — |
dative | likamnak | — |
instrumental | likammal | — |
causal-final | likamért | — |
translative | likammá | — |
terminative | likamig | — |
essive-formal | likamként | — |
essive-modal | likamul | — |
inessive | likamban | — |
superessive | likamon | — |
adessive | likamnál | — |
illative | likamba | — |
sublative | likamra | — |
allative | likamhoz | — |
elative | likamból | — |
delative | likamról | — |
ablative | likamtól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
likamé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
likaméi | — |
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editlikam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English compound terms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- English terms with archaic senses
- en:Death
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1917 forms
- Landsmål