لجام

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian لگام (ligām) or from an identical rare Aramaic term, see there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.d͡ʒaːm/

Noun

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

1. (now rare) a bridle bit

   Synonym: شَكِيمَة (šakīma)

2. a horse headcollar or headstall along with the reins; a bridle

   Hypernym: رَسَن (rasan, “an animal halter”)

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

• Maltese: lġiem
• → Amharic: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Argobba: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Gafat: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Ge'ez: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
• → Persian: لجام (lejâm)
  • Tajik: лаҷом (lajom)
• → Tigre: ልጋም (ləgam)
• → 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