leem

See also: Leem, LEEM, and lêem

Dutch

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leem

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Etymology

From Old Dutch leimo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

leem n or m (uncountable)

1. loam
2. adobe

Derived terms

• lemen

Anagrams

• meel

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

leem

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leemi, from Proto-Uralic *läme. Cognates include Finnish liemi, Livonian līem, Votic and Ingrian leemi, Karelian liemi, Veps lem'; Northern Sami liepma (from Proto-Samic *liemë), Erzya лем (lem), Moksha лям (läm), Eastern Mari лем (ĺem), Udmurt лым (lym), Komi-Zyrian лем (ľem, “glue”), Northern Mansi ла̄м (lām), and Hungarian lé (“juice”), leves (“soup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːm/, [ˈleːm]
• Rhymes: -eːm
• Hyphenation: leem

Noun

leem (genitive leeme, partitive leent)

1. (cooking) broth; soup

   Synonym: puljong

Declension

Declension of leem (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		leem	leemed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	leeme
genitive			leente
partitive		leent	leemi
illative		leen leemesse	leentesse leemisse
inessive		leemes	leentes leemis
elative		leemest	leentest leemist
allative		leemele	leentele leemile
adessive		leemel	leentel leemil
ablative		leemelt	leentelt leemilt
translative		leemeks	leenteks leemiks
terminative		leemeni	leenteni
essive		leemena	leentena
abessive		leemeta	leenteta
comitative		leemega	leentega

Derived terms

• leemendama
• leemetama

Compounds

• kapsaleem
• keeduleem
• lihaleem
• läätseleem
• oaleem
• rammuleem
• vereleem

• leemekatel
• leemekauss
• leemekulp
• leemepada

References

• leem in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “leem”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Verb

leem

1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of lear:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ler

Middle English

Noun

leem

1. Alternative form of leme

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lêem (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ẽj̃/ [ˈle.ẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɐ̃j̃/

• Hyphenation: le‧em

Verb

leem

1. third-person plural present indicative of ler