lagum

Maguindanao

Noun

lagum

1. needle

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım), from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος (lákkos, “cavity”) or Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, “to dig, to excavate”), from Ancient Greek λαχών (lakhṓn, “to obtain, to draw, to receive”). Compare obsolete or dialectal Bulgarian лагъм (lagǎm, “underground tunnel”).

Noun

lagum m (Cyrillic spelling лагум)

1. mine
2. underground tunnel
3. cellar

Declension

Declension of lagum

	singular	plural
nominative	lagum	lagumi
genitive	laguma	lagumā
dative	lagumu	lagumima
accusative	lagum	lagume
vocative	lagume	lagumi
locative	lagumu	lagumima
instrumental	lagumom	lagumima

Synonyms

• (mine): rudnik
• (cellar): podrum