limp

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From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembh- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembh- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).

From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”). Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отпуснат (otpusnat) — flaccid; flabby
• Bulgarian: увиснал (uvisnal) — flaccid; flabby
• Catalan: flàccid — flaccid; flabby
• Catalan: flàccida — flaccid; flabby
• Simplified Chinese: 无力的 (wú lì de) — flaccid; flabby
• Simplified Chinese: 无生气的 (wú shēngqì de) — flaccid; flabby
• Simplified Chinese: 无精神的 (wú jīngshén de) — flaccid; flabby
• Simplified Chinese: 松弛的 (sōngchí de) — flaccid; flabby
• Estonian: lõtv — flaccid; flabby
• Finnish: veltto — flaccid; flabby
• French: mou — flaccid; flabby
• French: flaccide — flaccid; flabby
• Galician: languiñento — flaccid; flabby
• Galician: macio — flaccid; flabby
• Norwegian: slapp — flaccid; flabby
• Norwegian: pløsete — flaccid; flabby
• Plautdietsch: schlaup — flaccid; flabby
• Portuguese: flácido — flaccid; flabby
• Serbo-Croatian: мло̏хав — flaccid; flabby
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȍhav — flaccid; flabby
• Sranan Tongo: papa — flaccid; flabby
• Sranan Tongo: lebelebe — flaccid; flabby
• Bulgarian: хлабав (hlabav) — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Bulgarian: разхлабен (razhlaben) — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Simplified Chinese: 不直挺的 (bú zhí tǐng de) — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Estonian: lõtv — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Finnish: veltto — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Finnish: ryhditön — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• French: boité — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• French: mou — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: arrechuado — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: gurrifallo — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: mazmido — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: faneco — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: esgumiado — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: engalichado — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Galician: lambido — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Māori: tāngange — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Norwegian: slapp — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Norwegian: pløsete — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Norwegian: løs — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Norwegian: spinkel — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Portuguese: capenga — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Serbo-Croatian: мло̏хав — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȍhav — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Spanish: flojo — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Swedish: lealös — lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy
• Bulgarian: увиснал (uvisnal) — of penis: not erect
• Czech: ochablý — of penis: not erect
• Finnish: veltto — of penis: not erect
• German: nicht erigiert (med.) — of penis: not erect
• German: schlaff — of penis: not erect
• Portuguese: mole — of penis: not erect
• Finnish: veltto — of man: not having erection
• Portuguese: broxa — of man: not having erection
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — physically weak
• Dutch: zwak — physically weak
• Finnish: heiveröinen — physically weak
• French: mou — physically weak
• German: schwach — physically weak
• German: physisch schwach (med.) — physically weak
• Māori: tīmohea — physically weak
• Māori: ngoikore — physically weak
• Polish: bezwładny — physically weak
• Bulgarian: куцане (kucane) — gait
• Catalan: coixesa — gait
• Chinese Mandarin: 跛行 (bǒxíng) — gait
• Finnish: ontuminen — gait
• Finnish: nilkutus — gait
• French: boitement — gait
• French: boiterie — gait
• Galician: coxén — gait
• Galician: coxedade — gait
• Galician: coxeira — gait
• Galician: coxeadela — gait
• Galician: ancamento — gait
• German: Gehbehinderung — gait
• German: Hinken — gait
• Norwegian: haltende gange — gait
• Polish: utykanie — gait
• Portuguese: coxeio — gait
• Portuguese: coxeadura — gait
• Russian: хромота́ (xromotá) — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: шепање — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: храмање — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: ћопање — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: šepanje — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: hramanje — gait
• Serbo-Croatian: ćopanje — gait
• Spanish: cojera — gait
• Swedish: hälta — gait
• German: Schraper — scraper
• German: Kratzer — scraper
• Albanian: çalë — to walk lamely
• Gheg Albanian: shkep — to walk lamely
• Arabic: عَرَجَ (ʕaraja) — to walk lamely
• Arabic: عرج (ʕarag) — to walk lamely
• Armenian: կաղալ (kaġal) — to walk lamely
• Aromanian: shcljoapic — to walk lamely
• Azerbaijani: axsamaq — to walk lamely
• Belarusian: кульгаць (kulʹhacʹ) — to walk lamely
• Bulgarian: куцам (kucam) — to walk lamely
• Catalan: coixejar — to walk lamely
• Catalan: arrossegar una cama — to walk lamely
• Chinese Mandarin: 一瘸一拐 (yīquéyīguǎi) — to walk lamely
• Chinese Mandarin: 一步一瘸 (yībùyīqué) — to walk lamely
• Chinese Mandarin: 跛行 (bǒxíng) — to walk lamely
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹣跚 /蹒跚 (pánshān) — to walk lamely
• Czech: kulhat — to walk lamely
• Czech: belhat se — to walk lamely
• Dutch: hinken — to walk lamely
• Esperanto: lami — to walk lamely
• Estonian: lonkama — to walk lamely
• Finnish: ontua — to walk lamely
• Finnish: nilkuttaa — to walk lamely
• French: boiter — to walk lamely
• French: boitiller — to walk lamely
• French: claudiquer — to walk lamely
• Galician: manquexar — to walk lamely
• Galician: coxicar — to walk lamely
• Galician: ancar — to walk lamely
• Galician: trenquelear — to walk lamely
• Galician: zopegar — to walk lamely
• Galician: poupiar — to walk lamely
• Galician: coxilicar — to walk lamely
• Galician: ranquear — to walk lamely
• Galician: cambar — to walk lamely
• Galician: coxear — to walk lamely
• Georgian: კოჭლობა (ḳoč̣loba) — to walk lamely
• German: hinken — to walk lamely
• German: humpeln — to walk lamely
• German: lahmen — to walk lamely
• Greek: κουτσαίνω (koutsaíno) — to walk lamely
• Ancient Greek: σκάζω (skázō) — to walk lamely
• Hebrew: צָלַע (tzalá') — to walk lamely
• Hungarian: sántikál — to walk lamely
• Hungarian: biceg — to walk lamely
• Hungarian: sántít — to walk lamely
• Indonesian: pincang — to walk lamely
• Ingrian: rammita — to walk lamely
• Italian: zoppicare — to walk lamely
• Japanese: 足を引きずる (ashi-o hikizuru) — to walk lamely
• Latin: claudeō — to walk lamely
• Latin: claudicō — to walk lamely
• Macedonian: куца (kuca) — to walk lamely
• Māori: toti — to walk lamely
• Māori: totitoti — to walk lamely
• Norwegian: halte — to walk lamely
• Norwegian: hinke — to walk lamely
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halta — to walk lamely
• Oromo: okkoluu — to walk lamely
• Persian: شلیدن (šalidan) — to walk lamely
• Polish: utykać — to walk lamely
• Polish: kuleć — to walk lamely
• Portuguese: mancar — to walk lamely
• Portuguese: coxear — to walk lamely
• Quechua: hank'ay — to walk lamely
• Romanian: șchiopăta — to walk lamely
• Russian: хрома́ть (xromátʹ) — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: ше̏пати — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: храмати — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: ћопати — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: šȅpati — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: hramati — to walk lamely
• Serbo-Croatian: ćopati — to walk lamely
• Slovak: krívať — to walk lamely
• Slovak: pokuľhávať — to walk lamely
• Lower Sorbian: klěcaś — to walk lamely
• Spanish: cojear — to walk lamely
• Spanish: clauder — to walk lamely
• Swedish: halta — to walk lamely
• Tagalog: humingkod — to walk lamely
• Ukrainian: кульга́ти (kulʹháty) — to walk lamely
• Volapük: boatagolön — to walk lamely
• Volapük: lemülön — to walk lamely
• Walloon: xhaler — to walk lamely
• Walloon: cleper — to walk lamely
• Yiddish: הינקען (hinken) — to walk lamely
• Zazaki: lengen — to walk lamely