lagum

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Maguindanao

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Noun

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lagum

  1. Alternative spelling of ragum

Old English

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Noun

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lagum

  1. dative plural of lagu

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım), from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος (lákkos, cavity) [1] or Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, to dig, to excavate), from Ancient Greek λαχών (lakhṓn, to obtain, to draw, to receive). Compare obsolete or dialectal Bulgarian лагъм (lagǎm, underground tunnel).

Noun

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lagum m (Cyrillic spelling лагум)

  1. mine
    Synonym: rudnik
  2. underground tunnel
  3. cellar
    Synonym: podrum

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Skok, Petar (1971) “lagum”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 261