لغم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, to dig, to excavate), from Ancient Greek λαχών (lakhṓn, to obtain, to draw, to receive), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lēk- (string, twig, tendril) from the pulling out of lots or herbage from the soil.

Noun[edit]

لَغَم or لَغْم or لُغْم (laḡam or laḡm or luḡmm (plural أَلْغَام (ʔalḡām))

  1. mine, tunnel
  2. mine (which explodes)

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

لَغَمَ (laḡama) I, non-past يَلْغَمُ or يَلْغُمُ‎ (yalḡamu or yalḡumu)

  1. to mine, to fit explosive material to
  2. to undermine

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

لَغَّمَ (laḡḡama) II, non-past يُلَغِّمُ‎ (yulaḡḡimu)

  1. to mine, to fit explosive material to

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • لغم” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “لغم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 113
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لغم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1157

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

لغم

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm, mine, tunnel).

Noun[edit]

لغم (lağım)

  1. any underground tunnel, mine, or drift of a mine
    Synonyms: (tunnel) تونل (tünel), نفق (nafak)
  2. drain, sewer, any system of pipes used to remove human waste
    Synonym: گریز (giriz, geriz)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: lağım
  • Albanian: llagëm
  • Armenian: լաղըմ (laġəm)
  • Bulgarian: лагъ́м (lagǎ́m)
  • Macedonian: лагам (lagam)
  • Serbo-Croatian: lagum / лагум

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