לומדה

Hebrew

Root
ל־מ־ד (l-m-d)
12 terms

Alternative forms

• למדה (defective spelling)

Etymology

Coined by the Academy of the Hebrew Language in 2014. Ostensibly a blend of לֹמֵד (loméd, “student; learning”) +‎ תׇּכְנָה (tokhná, “software”).

Noun

לומדה / לׇמְדָּה • (lomdá) f (plural indefinite לומדות / לׇמְדּוֹת, singular construct לומדת / לׇמְדַּת־, plural construct לומדות / לׇמְדּוֹת־) [pattern: קׇּטְלָה]

1. courseware

Usage notes

• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language, words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word.^[1] In informal Hebrew, this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.

References

• “לומדה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• לומדה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he