لحم

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Algerian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic لَحْم (laḥm).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

لحم (lḥamm

  1. flesh, meat

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ل ح م (l-ḥ-m)

From Proto-Semitic *laḥm- (food, eatables; meat, bread), from Proto-Afroasiatic *laḥam- (food). Cognate with Aramaic לַחְמָא (laḥmā), Classical Syriac ܠܚܡܐ (laḥmā), Hebrew לֶחֶם (léḥem, bread), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎈𐎎 (lḥm /⁠laḥmu⁠/), Ge'ez ላህም (lahm), all meaning “food” or “bread”. The varying semantic developments are due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /laħm/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

لَحْم (laḥmm (plural لُحُوم (luḥūm) or لِحَام (liḥām) or لِحْمَان (liḥmān) or لُحْمَان (luḥmān) or أَلْحُم (ʔalḥum))

  1. flesh, meat
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Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ل ح م (l-ḥ-m)

Verb[edit]

لَحَمَ (laḥama) I, non-past يَلْحُمُ‎ (yalḥumu)

  1. to knit together, to close up
  2. to weld, to solder
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

لَحِمَ (laḥima) I, non-past يَلْحَمُ‎ (yalḥamu)

  1. to stick to, to adhere
  2. to be fleshy
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Verb[edit]

لَحَّمَ (laḥḥama) II, non-past يُلَحِّمُ‎ (yulaḥḥimu)

  1. to weld, to solder
Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لحم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 92–93
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “لحم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 912
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1147

Anagrams[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic لَحْم (laḥm).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /laħm/, [ˈla.ħ(ɪ)m]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

لحم (laḥmm (collective, singulative لحمة f (laḥme), paucal لحمات (laḥmāt), plural لحوم (lḥūm))

  1. flesh, meat

Usage notes[edit]

The plural لحوم (lḥūm) is used referring to different types of meat.