limb

(Angielski)

Noun

1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
2. A branch of a tree.
3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
2. (transitive) To supply with limbs.
3. (transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/lɪm/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: lyme

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: lim

Pokrewny z staronordyjski: limr

In summary

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”).
The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.

Koncepcje

kończyna

członek

gałąź

konar

tarcza

odnoga

rozczłonkowywać

brzeg tarczy

łęczysko

noga

ramię

strona

Synonimy

member

branch

bough

twig

extremity

leg

🦵

arm

foot

🦶

tree branch

dismember

edge

section

brim

body

small branch

end

🔚

verge

dial

fellow

flank

foreleg

fringe

inclusion

ingredient

initiate

instalment

joint

leaf

ledge

limbo

limbus

lip

lot

marge

margin

melody

moiety

movement

neb

offshoot

organ

pad

parcel

passage

paw

peak

piece

portion

radius

rim

Tłumaczenia

membre

Glied

membro

arto

miembro

membro

limbe

lidmaat

extremidad

🔚

lid

branche

Gliedmaße

Ast

tak

braço