balgam
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam, “sputum”), from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body”). Doublet of flegma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balgam (first-person possessive balgamku, second-person possessive balgammu, third-person possessive balgamnya)
Further reading edit
- “balgam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bolgum (“sip; mouthful, draught”) (compare modern Irish bolgam).
Noun edit
balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
balgam | bhalgam |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “balgam”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bolgum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بلغم (balgam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam).
Noun edit
balgam (definite accusative balgamı, plural balgamlar)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلغم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 276a