لجام
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian لگام (ligām) or from an identical rare Aramaic term, see there.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
لِجَام • (lijām) m (plural أَلْجِمَة (ʔaljima) or لُجُم (lujum)) (countable)
- (now rare) a bridle bit
- Synonym: شَكِيمَة (šakīma)
- a horse headcollar or headstall along with the reins; a bridle
- Hypernym: رَسَن (rasan, “an animal halter”)
Declension edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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