lekamen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish līkami, līkamber, from Old Norse líkami, líkamr. Cognate with Icelandic líkami, German Leichnam. The final -n originally comes from the definite article.
Noun
lekamen c
- (archaic, uncountable) body
- Jesus tog ett bröd och välsignade det och bröt det och gav åt lärjungarna och sade: »Tagen och äten; detta är min lekamen.» (Matteus 26:26)
- Jesus took some bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: »Take ye, and do eat; this is my body.» (Matthew 26:26)
Usage notes
- Although archaic, this word persists in certain religious phrasing, such as Kristi lekamen (the body of Christ).
Declension
| Declension of lekamen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | lekamen | lekamen | — | — |
| Genitive | lekamens | lekamens | — | — |
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