# lim
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Noun

lim (plural lims)
* (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: [ˈliːˀm]

#### Noun

lim c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime)
* glue

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈliːˀm]

#### Verb

lim
* imperative of lime

### References

* “lim” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Faroese
### Noun

lim
* indefinite accusative singular of limur

## Galician
### Verb

lim
* (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
* indefinite accusative singular of limur
* indefinite dative singular of limur

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Leim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlim/
* Rhymes: -im
* Syllabification: lim

### Noun

lim m inan
* (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
* “lim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Ladin
### Noun

lim m (plural lims)
* limit

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lim
* Alternative form of lym (“quicklime”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lim
* 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)
* glue, paste (adhesive)

##### Derived terms

* superlim
* tapetlim

##### Related terms

* lime (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lim
* 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)
* 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
* 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
* 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: /lim/

#### Noun

lim n (nominative plural limu)
* limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### 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: /liːm/

#### Noun

līm m
* glue; mortar, paste, lime

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### 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: /lʲimʲ/

### Pronoun

lim
* first-person singular of la

## Scanian
### Etymology

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [léɪm], [lǿʏm]

### Noun

lim m
* limb

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Middle High German līm.

### Noun

lȉm m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏м)
* sheet metal
* (by extension, hyponym, Croatia) tinplate
* (by extension, regional, Croatia) tin (silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50)
    Synonym: (Croatia) kositar

#### 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
* 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), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse lím.

### Noun

lim n
* glue

#### Declension
### Further reading

* lim in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* mil, mil.

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [lim˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [lim˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lim˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Noun

(classifier cây) lim • (林, 菻, 󱥷, 󱕨)
* kind of fine timber native to Vietnam (Erythrophleum fordii)

#### Derived terms

* lim sẹt

## Volapük
### Noun

lim (nominative plural lims)
* limb

#### Declension

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