lekamen
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]lekamen m
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish līkami, līkamber, from Old Norse líkami, líkamr. Cognate with Icelandic líkami, German Leichnam. The final -n originally comes from the definite article.
Noun
[edit]lekamen c
- (archaic, uncountable) body
- Jesus tog ett bröd och välsignade det och bröt det och gav åt lärjungarna och sade: »Tagen och äten; detta är min lekamen.» (Matteus 26:26)
- Jesus took some bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: »Take ye, and do eat; this is my body.» (Matthew 26:26)
Usage notes
[edit]- Although archaic, this word persists in certain religious phrasing, such as Kristi lekamen (the body of Christ).
Declension
[edit]Declension of lekamen
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lekamen | lekamens |
| definite | lekamen | lekamens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
References
[edit]- lekamen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lekamen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lekamen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with archaic senses
- Swedish uncountable nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples