limfa

See also: limfą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈlim.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈlim.fa]

Noun

limfa f (plural limfes)

1. lymph

Related terms

• limfàtic

Further reading

• “limfa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “limfa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “limfa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “limfa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Polish

limfa

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English lymph, French lymphe, German Lymphe, ultimately from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlim.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -imfa
• Syllabification: lim‧fa

Noun

limfa f (related adjective limfatyczny)

1. (physiology) lymph (colorless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets)

   Synonym: chłonka

Declension

Declension of limfa

	singular
nominative	limfa
genitive	limfy
dative	limfie
accusative	limfę
instrumental	limfą
locative	limfie
vocative	limfo

Related terms

nouns

• limfatyk

 

Further reading

• limfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• limfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• limfa in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîːmfa/
• Hyphenation: lim‧fa

Noun

lȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑мфа)

1. lymph

Declension

Declension of limfa

	singular	plural
nominative	lȋmfa	limfe
genitive	limfe	lȋmfā/lȋmfī
dative	limfi	limfama
accusative	limfu	limfe
vocative	limfo	limfe
locative	limfi	limfama
instrumental	limfom	limfama