flemen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Possibly related to Middle Dutch fleeuwen (to coax, cajole), which is likely akin to the synonym vleien. For the alternation between -w- and -m- between fleeuwen and flemen, the cases of schremen and schreeuwen (both meaning "to scream") have been adduced as comparanda, but there does not seem to be a clear explanation that would account for this seemingly irregular alternation. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

flemen

  1. (intransitive) to sweet-talk, wheedle, cajole
    Synonym: vleien
Conjugation
Conjugation of flemen (weak)
infinitive flemen
past singular fleemde
past participle gefleemd
infinitive flemen
gerund flemen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fleemfleemde
2nd person sing. (jij) fleemtfleemde
2nd person sing. (u) fleemtfleemde
2nd person sing. (gij) fleemtfleemde
3rd person singular fleemtfleemde
plural flemenfleemden
subjunctive sing.1 flemefleemde
subjunctive plur.1 flemenfleemden
imperative sing. fleem
imperative plur.1 fleemt
participles flemendgefleemd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • gefleem

Etymology 2

From German flehmen.

Een flemende geitenbok.

Verb

flemen

  1. (intransitive, zoology) to flehm
Conjugation
Conjugation of flemen (weak)
infinitive flemen
past singular fleemde
past participle gefleemd
infinitive flemen
gerund flemen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fleemfleemde
2nd person sing. (jij) fleemtfleemde
2nd person sing. (u) fleemtfleemde
2nd person sing. (gij) fleemtfleemde
3rd person singular fleemtfleemde
plural flemenfleemden
subjunctive sing.1 flemefleemde
subjunctive plur.1 flemenfleemden
imperative sing. fleem
imperative plur.1 fleemt
participles flemendgefleemd
1) Archaic.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (to blow), with a noun-forming suffix -men. Cognate with Latin flō (I blow), English blow, Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, fertile), Albanian plas (to blow, explode).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

flēmen n (genitive flēminis); third declension

  1. A bloody swelling about the ankles

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flēmen flēmina
Genitive flēminis flēminum
Dative flēminī flēminibus
Accusative flēmen flēmina
Ablative flēmine flēminibus
Vocative flēmen flēmina

References

  • flemina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • flemen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 120-121

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English flīeman (to put to flight, drive away, banish), from flēam (flight, flow) as if Proto-West Germanic *flaumijan; by surface analysis, fleme (exile) + -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleːmən/

Verb

flemen (third-person singular simple present flemeth, present participle flemende, flemynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle flemed)

  1. To drive away or banish; to force out.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xxxviij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: [] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [], London: David Nutt, [], 1889, →OCLC:
      Sir kynge, ye ded a fowle shame whan ye flemyd Sir Trystram oute of thys contrey, for ye nedid nat to have doughted no knyght and he had bene here.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    1. To (legally or officially exile from a jurisdiction.
    2. To remove or expel (a spirit or emotion)
  2. (rare) To denounce or damn; to speak against.
  3. (rare) To be expelled or forced out.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: fleme (obsolete)
  • Scots: fleem, fleme (obsolete)

References

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