likam
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]likam (plural likams)
- (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.
- (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
- (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.
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[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lik (“hole [dialectal]”) + -am (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]likam
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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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
[edit]Noun
[edit]likam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)
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