licham

== English == === Alternative forms === leccam (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English licham, lichame, from Old English līċhama (“body”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like (“body”) +‎ hame (“covering, case”). In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪt͡ʃəm/ === Noun === licham (plural not attested) (obsolete, rare or UK dialectal) The human body, especially when living. ==== Related terms ==== lich == Middle English == === Noun === licham (Norfolk; Lincolnshire, West Riding) alternative form of likame