lactam

English

Etymology

From lac(tone) +‎ am(ide).

Noun

lactam (plural lactams)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.

Usage notes

Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. α- 3-membered, β- 4-membered.

Translations

cyclic amides, nitrogen analogs of lactones

• Finnish: laktaami
• French: lactame (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: lattame (it) m
• Portuguese: lactama f

See also

• alpha-lactam
• beta-lactam

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Afar

Afar numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  50	←  59	60	61  →	70  →
		6
Cardinal: lactám, lica-tabán     Ordinal: lactamháytu, lica-tabanháytu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laħˈtam/ [lʌħˈtʌm]
• Hyphenation: lac‧tam

Noun

lactám m (plural lactamitté f)

1. sixty

Declension

Declension of lactám
absolutive	lactám
predicative	lactáma
subjective	lactám
genitive	lactám
Postpositioned forms l-case lactámal k-case lactámak t-case lactámat h-case lactámah

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Lactám númu. ― Sixty people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “lactam”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197