lemma
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, General American) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɪmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛmə
- Hyphenation: lem‧ma
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Noun edit
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.
- (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
- (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
Synonyms edit
- (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "linguistics"): non-lemma
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).
Noun edit
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
- (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Sister projects
- lemma (psycholinguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (morphology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma n
- (mathematics) lemma
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)
- (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma
- (linguistics) lemma
- (mathematics) lemma
Declension edit
Inflection of lemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lemma | lemmat | ||
genitive | lemman | lemmojen | ||
partitive | lemmaa | lemmoja | ||
illative | lemmaan | lemmoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lemma | lemmat | ||
accusative | nom. | lemma | lemmat | |
gen. | lemman | |||
genitive | lemman | lemmojen lemmainrare | ||
partitive | lemmaa | lemmoja | ||
inessive | lemmassa | lemmoissa | ||
elative | lemmasta | lemmoista | ||
illative | lemmaan | lemmoihin | ||
adessive | lemmalla | lemmoilla | ||
ablative | lemmalta | lemmoilta | ||
allative | lemmalle | lemmoille | ||
essive | lemmana | lemmoina | ||
translative | lemmaksi | lemmoiksi | ||
abessive | lemmatta | lemmoitta | ||
instructive | — | lemmoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (linguistics): perusmuoto
- (math): apulause
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From English lemma and German Lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma (plural lemmák)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lemma | lemmák |
accusative | lemmát | lemmákat |
dative | lemmának | lemmáknak |
instrumental | lemmával | lemmákkal |
causal-final | lemmáért | lemmákért |
translative | lemmává | lemmákká |
terminative | lemmáig | lemmákig |
essive-formal | lemmaként | lemmákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lemmában | lemmákban |
superessive | lemmán | lemmákon |
adessive | lemmánál | lemmáknál |
illative | lemmába | lemmákba |
sublative | lemmára | lemmákra |
allative | lemmához | lemmákhoz |
elative | lemmából | lemmákból |
delative | lemmáról | lemmákról |
ablative | lemmától | lemmáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lemmáé | lemmáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lemmáéi | lemmákéi |
Possessive forms of lemma | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lemmám | lemmáim |
2nd person sing. | lemmád | lemmáid |
3rd person sing. | lemmája | lemmái |
1st person plural | lemmánk | lemmáink |
2nd person plural | lemmátok | lemmáitok |
3rd person plural | lemmájuk | lemmáik |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma m (plural lemmi)
- (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
- entry (in a dictionary)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lemma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
- lemma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleːm.ma/, [ˈɫ̪eːmːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/, [ˈlɛmːä]
Noun edit
lēmma n (genitive lēmmatis); third declension
- (literally) A subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Younger to this entry?)
- (transferred senses):
- the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
- the epigram itself
- story, tale
- the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Genitive | lēmmatis | lēmmatum |
Dative | lēmmatī | lēmmatibus |
Accusative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Ablative | lēmmate | lēmmatibus |
Vocative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 898/2.
- “lemma” on page 1,015/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2 edit
Probably a scribal error: ni → m.
Noun edit
lemma f (genitive lemmae); first declension
- medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lemma | lemmae |
Genitive | lemmae | lemmārum |
Dative | lemmae | lemmīs |
Accusative | lemmam | lemmās |
Ablative | lemmā | lemmīs |
Vocative | lemma | lemmae |
References edit
- “lemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lemma f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Noun edit
lemma n
- lemma[1] (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
- (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)
Declension edit
Declension of lemma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lemma | lemmat | lemman | lemmana |
Genitive | lemmas | lemmats | lemmans | lemmanas |