limur
Eskayan
Noun
limur
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliːmʊr]
Noun
limur m (genitive singular limar, plural limir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | limur | limurin | limir | limirnir |
| accusative | lim | limin | limir | limirnar |
| dative | limi | liminum | limum | limunum |
| genitive | limar | limarins | lima | limanna |
Hyponyms
- bólkalimur
- felagslimur
- fólkatingslimur
- heiðurslimur
- løgtingslimur
- kórlimur
- tinglimur
Related terms
- limabólkur
- limafelag
- limafundur
- limagjald
- limakort
- limaland
- limalítil
- limarættur
- limaskapur
- limaskyldur
- limastórur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɪːmʏr]
- Rhymes: -ɪːmʏr
Noun
limur m (genitive singular lims or (archaic/obsolete) limar, nominative plural limir)
- limb
- Synonym: útlimur
- penis (short for getnaðarlimur)
- Synonyms: getnaðarlimur, göndull, typpi, reður, skaufi; see also Thesaurus:typpi
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | limur | limurinn | limir | limirnir |
| accusative | lim | liminn | limi, limu1 | limina |
| dative | lim | limnum | limum | limunum |
| genitive | lims, limar2 | limsins, limarins2 | lima | limanna |
1Archaic or literary.
2Archaic/obsolete.
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “limur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “limur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “limur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)