lim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lim"

Translingual

Symbol

lim

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

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.

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^[1]
• “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

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lim/

Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)

2. limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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

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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lim”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲimʲ/

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)

1. sheet metal
2. (by extension, hyponym, Croatia) tinplate
3. (by extension, regional, Croatia) tin (silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50)

   Synonym: (Croatia) kositar

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

Synonyms

• (tin): kalaj (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia)

Derived terms

• limar
• lìmen
• limenka

See also

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	platina	zlato	srebro	željezo	aluminij	lim	bakar

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьlьmъ.

Noun

lìm m inan

1. elm (tree of the genus Ulmus)

   Synonym: brest (more common)

Further reading

• “lim”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

Noun

lim n

1. glue

Declension

Declension of lim

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lim	lims
	definite	limmet	limmets
plural	indefinite	lim	lims
	definite	limmen	limmens

Further reading

• lim in Svensk ordbok.
• lim in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• mil, mil.

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lim˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Noun

(classifier cây) lim • (林, 菻, 󱥷, 󱕨)

1. kind of fine timber native to Vietnam (Erythrophleum fordii)

Derived terms

• lim sẹt

Volapük

Noun

lim (nominative plural lims)

1. limb

Declension

declension of lim

	singular	plural
nominative	lim	lims
genitive	lima	limas
dative	lime	limes
accusative	limi	limis
vocative 1	o lim!	o lims!
predicative 2	limu	limus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only