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لغم

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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

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

Declension

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Verb

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لَغَمَ (laḡama) I (non-past يَلْغَمُ (yalḡamu) or يَلْغُمُ (yalḡumu), verbal noun لَغْم (laḡm))

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

Conjugation

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Verb

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لَغَّمَ (laḡḡama) II (non-past يُلَغِّمُ (yulaḡḡimu), verbal noun تَلْغِيم (talḡīm))

  1. to mine, to fit explosive material to

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 113
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لغم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1157

Ottoman Turkish

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لغم

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm, mine, tunnel), ultimately from Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, to dig, to excavate).

Noun

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لغم (lağım) (definite accusative لغمی (lağımı), plural لغملر (lağımlar))

  1. tunnel, gallery, drift, any underground passage or channel cut through the earth or masonry
    Synonym: نفق (nafak)
  2. drain, sewer, cesspit, any system of pipes used to remove human waste and provide drainage
    Synonym: كریز (giriz, geriz)

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