First coined 1789, fromAncient Greekλήμη(lḗmē,“substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).
lema (uncountable)
Learned borrowing fromLatinlēmma, fromAncient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma).
lema
Borrowed fromAncient Greekλήμη(lḗmē).
lēma f (genitivelēmae);first declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lēma | lēmae |
genitive | lēmae | lēmārum |
dative | lēmae | lēmīs |
accusative | lēmam | lēmās |
ablative | lēmā | lēmīs |
vocative | lēma | lēmae |
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*lima, fromProto-Austronesian*lima.
lema
FromArabicلَمَعَ(lamaʕa). The original inflection with a finalgħ is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with-a- in all forms and one of the type ofbeda).
lema (imperfectjilma)
positive forms | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | lmejt | lmejt | lema | lmejna | lmejtu | lmew | |
f | lmiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nilma | tilma | jilma | nilmew | tilmew | jilmew | |
f | tilma | |||||||
imperative | ilma | ilmew |
positive forms | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | lmajt | lmajt | lama | lmajna | lmajtu | lmaw | |
f | lmat | |||||||
imperfect | m | nilma | tilma | jilma | nilmaw | tilmaw | jilmaw | |
f | tilma | |||||||
imperative | ilma | ilmaw |
FromProto-Bantu*-dɪ̀ma.
lema
FromLatinlemma, fromAncient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma). CompareSpanishlema.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
léma f (Cyrillic spellingле́ма)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lema | leme |
genitive | leme | lema |
dative | lemi | lemama |
accusative | lemu | leme |
vocative | lemo | leme |
locative | lemi | lemama |
instrumental | lemom | lemama |
FromProto-Bantu*-dɪ̀ma.
lema
Borrowed fromLatinlemma, fromAncient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma).
FromProto-Oceanic*lalom, from earlier*ralom, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*daləm, fromProto-Austronesian*daləm.
lema
FromProto-Bantu*-dɪ̀ma.
lema
lema