leem

leem (plural leems)

1. Alternative form of leam.^[1][2]

• “leem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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”).

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• Rhymes: -eːm

leem n or m (uncountable)

1. loam
2. adobe

• lemen

• meel

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”).

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

leem (genitive leeme, partitive leent)

1. (cooking) broth; soup

   Synonym: puljong

• 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

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

leem

1. alternative form of leme

• lêem (pre-1990 spelling)

• Hyphenation: le‧em

leem

1. third-person plural present indicative of ler