lym

From Dutch lijm, from Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.

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lym (plural lyme)

1. glue

• llym

From Proto-Albanian *lū̆m-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to spoil”) +‎ *-m-.^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth, blemish”) and perhaps English slip (< *(s)lewbʰ-). Alternatively, borrowed from the Ancient Greek.^[2]

lym m (plural lyma, definite lymi, definite plural lymat)

1. silt, mud (of the river)

• pllymëz

• baltë f
• llom m

From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *lim-ā- (“to sharpen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).^[1] Cognate with Breton lemm.

lym

1. sharp, pointed

• Cornish: lymm

From Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

• lim, lime, lyme

• IPA^(key): /liːm/

lym (uncountable)

1. lime, quicklime
2. birdlime
3. mortar, grout

• English: lime

• “līm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.

lym

1. alternative form of leme

lym

1. alternative form of lyme (“limb”)

lym

1. soft mutation of llym (“sharp, pointed”)