leem

See also: Leem, LEEM, and lêem

Dutch

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

leem n or m (uncountable)

  1. loam
  2. adobe

Derived terms

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

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 (ľem), Moksha лям (ľam), Eastern Mari лем (ĺem), Udmurt лым (lym), Komi-Zyrian лем (ľem, “glue”), Northern Mansi ла̄м (lām), and Hungarian lé (“juice”), leves (“soup”).

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

Noun

leem (genitive leeme, partitive leent)

  1. (cooking) broth; soup
    Synonym: puljong

Declension
Declension of leem (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative leem leemed
accusative nom.
gen. leeme
genitive leente
partitive leent leemi
illative leende
leemesse		 leentesse
leemisse
inessive leemes leentes
leemis
elative leemest leentest
leemist
allative leemele leentele
leemile
adessive leemel leentel
leemil
ablative leemelt leentelt
leemilt
translative leemeks leenteks
leemiks
terminative leemeni leenteni
essive leemena leentena
abessive leemeta leenteta
comitative leemega leentega

Derived terms
  • leemendama
  • leemetama

Compounds
  • kapsaleem
  • keeduleem
  • lihaleem
  • läätseleem
  • oaleem
  • rammuleem
  • vereleem
  • leemekatel
  • leemekauss
  • leemekulp
  • leemepada

References
  • 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

Galician

Verb

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

Middle English

Noun

leem

  1. Alternative form of leme

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈle.ẽj̃/ [ˈle.ẽɪ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: le‧em

Verb

leem

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ler
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