lemm
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *lim-ā- (“to sharpen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1] Cognate with Cornish lym, Welsh llym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛmː/
Adjective
lemm
- sharp
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “lim-a”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 239
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʲemʲ/
Pronoun
lemm
- first-person singular of la
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d27
- Ní mebul lemm cía fa·dam.
- I am not ashamed that I endure it.
- (literally, “There is no shame with me…”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d27
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz.
Noun
lemm m
- Trap for rats.
Declension
Declension of lemm.
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lemm | lemmen | leemm | lemman |
| accusative | lemm | lemmen | leemm | lemman |
| dative | lemmo | lemmo | ||
| genitive | lemm- | lemm- | ||