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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈlɪmbus]
Head templates: {{cs-noun|m-in}} limbus m inan Inflection templates: {{cs-ndecl|m.foreign}} Forms: inanimate [table-tags], limbus [nominative, singular], limby [nominative, plural], limbu [genitive, singular], limbů [genitive, plural], limbu [dative, singular], limbům [dative, plural], limbus [accusative, singular], limby [accusative, plural], limbe [singular, vocative], limby [plural, vocative], limbu [locative, singular], limbech [locative, plural], limbem [instrumental, singular], limby [instrumental, plural]
  1. limbo (place for innocent souls) Tags: inanimate, masculine Synonyms: předpeklí
    Sense id: en-limbus-cs-noun-XIrUqs7f Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Czech nouns with regular foreign declension

Noun [English]

Forms: limbuses [plural], limbi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmbəs Etymology: From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|limbus}} Middle English limbus, {{uder|en|la|limbus||edge, border}} Latin limbus (“edge, border”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|limbi}} limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)
  1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine Derived forms: limbal, limbal ring Related terms: limbate

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈlim.bus/ [Classical], [ˈlʲɪmbʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈlim.bus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈlimbus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly: * from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), the same tentative root as Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp, a nasal-infixed form of *leb-; * or from Proto-Indo-European *len-, whence Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”). Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*lemb-|t=to hang loosely, hang limply}} Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), {{cog|sa|लम्बते|t=hangs down}} Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”), {{cog|en|limp}} English limp, {{m|ine-pro|*leb-}} *leb-, {{m+|ine-pro|*len-}} Proto-Indo-European *len-, {{cog|lt|linta|t=ribbon}} Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”), {{cog|non|linnr|t=whether}} Old Norse linnr (“whether”) Head templates: {{la-noun|limbus<2>}} limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|limbus<2>}} Forms: limbī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], limbus [nominative, singular], limbī [nominative, plural], limbī [genitive, singular], limbōrum [genitive, plural], limbō [dative, singular], limbīs [dative, plural], limbum [accusative, singular], limbōs [accusative, plural], limbō [ablative, singular], limbīs [ablative, plural], limbe [singular, vocative], limbī [plural, vocative]
  1. A border, edge Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: margō, ōra
    Sense id: en-limbus-la-noun-q5EACiBV
  2. hem, fringe, tassel Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: instita, ōra, patagīum
    Sense id: en-limbus-la-noun-HzCJoLue
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) limbo Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-limbus-la-noun-NVph6hry Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 76 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 21 25 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: limbātus

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈlimbus/
Etymology: From Latin limbus; compare lymbo. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|limbus}} Latin limbus, {{m|enm|lymbo}} lymbo Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} limbus
  1. (Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls) Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Afterlife, Christianity, Theology Synonyms: lymbo, lymbus, Limbus

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        "(Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)"
      ],
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}
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        "nominative",
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        "genitive",
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    },
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      "form": "limbu",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "limbům",
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "limbus",
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        "accusative",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "limby",
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        "plural",
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    },
    {
      "form": "limbu",
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        "locative",
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    },
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      "form": "limbech",
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        "locative",
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    },
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      "form": "limbem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
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    },
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        "instrumental",
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        "Czech masculine nouns",
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        "Czech nouns with regular foreign declension",
        "Czech terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limbo (place for innocent souls)"
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        [
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        {
          "word": "předpeklí"
        }
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        "inanimate",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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}

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    }
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        "plural"
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    {
      "word": "limbate"
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        "English terms derived from Latin",
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
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        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
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        [
          "cornea",
          "cornea"
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        "(medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea."
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        "biology",
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        "sciences"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmbəs"
    }
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}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Latin masculine nouns",
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    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "limbātus"
    }
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: llimbs, limbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: llimbs, limbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: limbus, limbo, limbic"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: limbe, limbique"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Limbus"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Limbus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Limbus"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lembo"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "limbo"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: limbo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: лимб (limb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "limbo"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "limbōrum",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limbō",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "limbum",
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limbō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limbīs",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "limbī",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A border, edge"
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        [
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
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          "hem"
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          "word": "ōra"
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          "word": "patagīum"
        }
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
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        "Ecclesiastical Latin"
      ],
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        "limbo"
      ],
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        [
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          "limbo"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) limbo"
      ],
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        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈlim.bus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlʲɪmbʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlim.bus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlimbus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "limbus"
}

{
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: limbus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "lymbus",
            "qq": "obsolete"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: lymbus (obsolete)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "limbus"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lymbo"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English rare terms",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Latin",
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        "enm:Theology"
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        "Late-Middle-English",
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      "word": "Limbus"
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}

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