lemma
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
NounEdit
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found in dictionaries.
- For usage examples of 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
AntonymsEdit
- (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
linguistics: canonical form of a term
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linguistics: lexeme — see lexeme
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).
NounEdit
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
TranslationsEdit
botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
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Further readingEdit
- 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
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek.
NounEdit
lemma n
- (mathematics) lemma
- (linguistics) lemma (canonical form of a term)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- lemma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
< Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 |
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| 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 | |
SynonymsEdit
- (linguistics): perusmuoto
- (math): apulause
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Latin lemma, from the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma m (plural lemmi)
- lemma
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lemma.
- entry (in a dictionary)
ReferencesEdit
- 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)
- “lèmma¹” in Vocabolario Treccani on line
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma n (genitive lemmatis); 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
- a story, tale
- the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
DeclensionEdit
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lemma | lemmata |
| genitive | lemmatis | lemmatum |
| dative | lemmatī | lemmatibus |
| accusative | lemma | lemmata |
| ablative | lemmate | lemmatibus |
| vocative | lemma | lemmata |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lemma” on page 898/2 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- “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
- medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]
ReferencesEdit
- lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “lemma”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lemma n
- a lemma[1] (the canonical, not inflected form of a word, a headword in a dictionary)
- (mathematics) a lemma (a proposition)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of lemma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lemma | lemmat | lemman | lemmana |
| Genitive | lemmas | lemmats | lemmans | lemmanas |
Related termsEdit
- lemmabestånd
- lemmalakun
- lemmalista
- lemmaordbok
- lemmaselektion
- lemmatecken
- lemmatisera
- lemmatiserad
- lemmatisering
- lemmatisk
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) ISBN 82-00-22901-7
- lemma in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)