lijm

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛi̯m/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lijm
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).

Noun

lijm m (plural lijmen)

  1. glue
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lym
  • Negerhollands: liem
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
  • → Indonesian: lem
  • → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lijm

  1. inflection of lijmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

lijm n

  1. mud, sludge, clay
  2. slime, spit, saliva
  3. glue

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • “lijm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lijm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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