English

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Etymology

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From 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).

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Noun

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likam (plural likams)

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.
  2. (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
  3. (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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lik (hole [dialectal]) +‎ -am (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlikɒm]
  • Hyphenation: li‧kam

Noun

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likam

  1. (dialectal) first-person singular single-possession possessive of lik

Declension

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Inflection (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

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Noun

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likam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of lekam
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