لجام

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian لگام (ligām).

Noun

لِجَام‎‎ • (lijām) m (plural أَلْجِمَة (ʔaljima) or لُجُم (lujum))

1. bridle, harness

Declension

Declension of noun لِجَام‎‎ (lijām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِجَام‎‎ lijām	اللِّجَام‎‎ al-lijām	لِجَام‎‎ lijām
Nominative	لِجَام‎‎ٌ lijāmun	اللِّجَام‎‎ُ al-lijāmu	لِجَام‎‎ُ lijāmu
Accusative	لِجَام‎‎ًا lijāman	اللِّجَام‎‎َ al-lijāma	لِجَام‎‎َ lijāma
Genitive	لِجَام‎‎ٍ lijāmin	اللِّجَام‎‎ِ al-lijāmi	لِجَام‎‎ِ lijāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِجَام‎‎َيْن lijāmayn	اللِّجَام‎‎َيْن al-lijāmayn	لِجَام‎‎َيْ lijāmay
Nominative	لِجَام‎‎َانِ lijāmāni	اللِّجَام‎‎َانِ al-lijāmāni	لِجَام‎‎َا lijāmā
Accusative	لِجَام‎‎َيْنِ lijāmayni	اللِّجَام‎‎َيْنِ al-lijāmayni	لِجَام‎‎َيْ lijāmay
Genitive	لِجَام‎‎َيْنِ lijāmayni	اللِّجَام‎‎َيْنِ al-lijāmayni	لِجَام‎‎َيْ lijāmay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْجِمَة‎; لُجُم ʔaljima‎; lujum	الْأَلْجِمَة‎; اللُّجُم al-ʔaljima‎; al-lujum	أَلْجِمَة‎; لُجُم ʔaljimat‎; lujum
Nominative	أَلْجِمَةٌ‎; لُجُمٌ ʔaljimatun‎; lujumun	الْأَلْجِمَةُ‎; اللُّجُمُ al-ʔaljimatu‎; al-lujumu	أَلْجِمَةُ‎; لُجُمُ ʔaljimatu‎; lujumu
Accusative	أَلْجِمَةً‎; لُجُمًا ʔaljimatan‎; lujuman	الْأَلْجِمَةَ‎; اللُّجُمَ al-ʔaljimata‎; al-lujuma	أَلْجِمَةَ‎; لُجُمَ ʔaljimata‎; lujuma
Genitive	أَلْجِمَةٍ‎; لُجُمٍ ʔaljimatin‎; lujumin	الْأَلْجِمَةِ‎; اللُّجُمِ al-ʔaljimati‎; al-lujumi	أَلْجِمَةِ‎; لُجُمِ ʔaljimati‎; lujumi

Descendants

• → Amharic: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Ge'ez: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Persian: لجام (lejâm)
• → Tigrinya: ልጓም (ləgʷam)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լկամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 289a
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 9
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 100
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “لجام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 88
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 307
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 41–42