ልጓም

Amharic

Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) ?

1. bridle

Argobba

Noun

ልጓም (ləgʷam)

1. bridle

Gafat

Noun

ልጓም (ləgʷam)

1. bridle

Ge'ez

Gəˁəz root
ለ-ጐ-መ (lä-gʷä-mä)
1 term

Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) (plural ልጓማት (ləgʷamat), and አልጓም (ʾälgʷam))

1. bridle
2. halter, band, holdfast

Declension

Declension of ልጓም (ləgʷam)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ልጓም (ləgʷam)	ልጓመ (ləgʷamä)
	construct		ልጓመ (ləgʷamä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ልጓምየ (ləgʷamyä)
		2ms	ልጓምከ (ləgʷamkä)	ልጓመከ (ləgʷamäkä)
		2fs	ልጓምኪ (ləgʷamki)	ልጓመኪ (ləgʷamäki)
		3ms	ልጓሙ (ləgʷamu)	ልጓሞ (ləgʷamo)
		3fs	ልጓማ (ləgʷama)
		1p	ልጓምነ (ləgʷamnä)	ልጓመነ (ləgʷamänä)
		2mp	ልጓምክሙ (ləgʷamkəmu)	ልጓመክሙ (ləgʷamäkmu)
		2fp	ልጓምክን (ləgʷamkən)	ልጓመክን (ləgʷamäkn)
		3mp	ልጓሞሙ (ləgʷamomu)
		3fp	ልጓሞን (ləgʷamon)
plural	absolute		ልጓማት (ləgʷamat)	ልጓማተ (ləgʷamatä)
	construct		ልጓማተ (ləgʷamatä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ልጓማትየ (ləgʷamatyä)
		2ms	ልጓማቲከ (ləgʷamatikä)
		2fs	ልጓማትኪ (ləgʷamatki); ልጓማቲኪ (ləgʷamatiki)
		3ms	ልጓማቲሁ (ləgʷamatihu)
		3fs	ልጓማቲሃ (ləgʷamatiha)
		1p	ልጓማቲነ (ləgʷamatinä)
		2mp	ልጓማቲክሙ (ləgʷamatikmu)
		2fp	ልጓማቲክን (ləgʷamatikn)
		3mp	ልጓማቲሆሙ (ləgʷamatihomu)
		3fp	ልጓማቲሆን (ləgʷamatihon)
plural	absolute		አልጓም (ʾälgʷam)	አልጓመ (ʾälgʷamä)
	construct		አልጓመ (ʾälgʷamä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አልጓምየ (ʾälgʷamyä)
		2ms	አልጓሚከ (ʾälgʷamikä)
		2fs	አልጓምኪ (ʾälgʷamki); አልጓሚኪ (ʾälgʷamiki)
		3ms	አልጓሚሁ (ʾälgʷamihu)
		3fs	አልጓሚሃ (ʾälgʷamiha)
		1p	አልጓሚነ (ʾälgʷaminä)
		2mp	አልጓሚክሙ (ʾälgʷamikmu)
		2fp	አልጓሚክን (ʾälgʷamikn)
		3mp	አልጓሚሆሙ (ʾälgʷamihomu)
		3fp	አልጓሚሆን (ʾälgʷamihon)

Derived terms

• ለጐመ (lägʷämä, “to bridle or otherwise restrain”)
• አልጐመ (ʾälgʷämä, “to bridle; to put into silence”)
• ተለጕመ (tälägʷmä, “to be or become silent”)
• ልጉም (ləgum, “bridled or otherwise restrained”)
• መልጐም (mälgʷäm, “bridle”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ልጓም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 263–264
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 307b
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 41–42

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) ?

1. bridle