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lemma

See also: Lemma

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (UK, US) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛmə
  • Hyphenation: lem‧ma

Etymology 1Edit

From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

NounEdit

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

  1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
SynonymsEdit
  • (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
AntonymsEdit
  • (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma
Derived termsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
linguistics: lexeme — see lexeme
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Etymology 2Edit

From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).

NounEdit

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

  1. (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
  2. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
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AnagramsEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛma]
  • Hyphenation: le‧m‧ma

NounEdit

lemma n

  1. (mathematics) lemma
  2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)

DeclensionEdit

Declension
singular plural
nominative lemma lemmata
genitive lemmatu lemmat
dative lemmatu lemmatům
accusative lemma lemmata
vocative lemma lemmata
locative lemmatu lemmatech
instrumental lemmatem lemmaty

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Further readingEdit

  • lemma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)

  1. (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
  2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlemːɑ/, [ˈle̞mːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -emːɑ
  • Syllabification: lem‧ma

NounEdit

lemma

  1. (linguistics) lemma
  2. (mathematics) lemma

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of lemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
instructive — lemmoin
abessive lemmatta lemmoitta
comitative — lemmoineen
Possessive forms of lemma (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person lemmani lemmamme
2nd person lemmasi lemmanne
3rd person lemmansa

SynonymsEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛm.ma/
  • Hyphenation: lem‧ma

NounEdit

lemma m (plural lemmi)

  1. (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
  2. entry (in a dictionary)

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ReferencesEdit

  • “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
  • lemma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lēmma n (genitive lēmmatis); third declension

  1. (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?)
  2. (transferred senses):
    1. the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
    2. the epigram itself
    3. story, tale
    4. the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēmma lēmmata
Genitive lēmmatis lēmmatum
Dative lēmmatī lēmmatibus
Accusative lēmma lēmmata
Ablative lēmmate lēmmatibus
Vocative lēmma lēmmata
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Catalan: lema
  • Dutch: lemma
  • English: lemma
  • French: lemme
  • German: Lemma
  • Italian: lemma
  • Spanish: lema

ReferencesEdit

  • 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 2Edit

Probably a scribal error: ni → m.

NounEdit

lemma f (genitive lemmae); first declension

  1. medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]
DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lemma lemmae
Genitive lemmae lemmārum
Dative lemmae lemmīs
Accusative lemmam lemmās
Ablative lemmā lemmīs
Vocative lemma lemmae

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lemma f

  1. (linguistics, lexicography) lemma

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lemma
singular plural
nominative lemma lemmy
genitive lemmy lemm
dative lemmie lemmom
accusative lemmę lemmy
instrumental lemmą lemmami
locative lemmie lemmach
vocative lemmo lemmy

Further readingEdit

  • lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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NounEdit

lemma n

  1. lemma[1] (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
  2. (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lemma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lemma lemmat lemman lemmana
Genitive lemmas lemmats lemmans lemmanas

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN
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