likam
English
Alternative forms
- leccam, lekame, lecam, likame, licame, lichame (dialectal)
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪkəm/
Noun
likam (plural likams)
- (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.
- (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
- (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.
Related terms
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
lik (“hole [dialectal]”) + -am (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlikɒm]
- Hyphenation: li‧kam
Noun
likam
- (dialectal) first-person singular single-possession possessive of lik
Declension
| 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
Noun
likam m (definite singular likamen, indefinite plural likamar, definite plural likamarne or likamane)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of lekam