lemma

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmə/
• Rhymes: -ɛmə

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, usually) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found in dictionaries.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lemma.
3. (linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.

SynonymsEdit

• (linguistics: canonical form of a term): citation form

AntonymsEdit

• (linguistics: canonical form of a term): non-lemma

Related termsEdit

• dilemma
• sublemma
• tetralemma
• trilemma

TranslationsEdit

mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition

• Catalan: lema (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引理 (zh) ‎(yǐnlǐ)

• Czech: lemma (cs) n
• Dutch: lemma (nl) n
• Esperanto: lemo
• Faroese: hjálparsetningur m
• Finnish: apulause, lemma (fi)
• French: lemme (fr) m
• German: Lemma (de) n
• Greek: λήμμα (el) f ‎(límma)
• Hebrew: למה (he) f ‎(Léma), טענת עזר f ‎(te'anát ézer)

• Hungarian: lemma (hu), segédtétel
• Icelandic: hjálparsetning f
• Italian: lemma (it) n
• Japanese: 補題 ‎(hodai)
• Macedonian: лема f ‎(léma)
• Polish: lemat m
• Portuguese: lema (pt) m
• Romanian: lemă (ro) f
• Russian: ле́мма (ru) f ‎(lémma)
• Slovak: lema f
• Spanish: lema (es) m
• Swedish: lemma (sv) n

linguistics: canonical form of a term

• Arabic: سُدَّة f ‎(sudda)
• Catalan: lema (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞目 (zh), 词目 (zh) ‎(címù)

• Czech: lemma (cs) n
• Danish: lemma (da), opslagsord, stikord
• Esperanto: lemo
• Faroese: leitorð n
• Finnish: perusmuoto (fi), lemma (fi)
• French: lemme (fr) m, entée (fr), terme vedette
• German: Lemma (de) n, Stichwort (de)
• Greek: λήμμα (el) f ‎(límma)

• Icelandic: fletta, flettiorð, uppflettimynd f
• Ido: lemo (io)
• Italian: lemma (it) n
• Japanese: レンマ ‎(renma)
• Latin: lēmma n
• Macedonian: лема f ‎(léma)
• Norwegian: lemma (no), oppslagsord, stikkord
• Polish: lemma (pl) f
• Portuguese: lema (pt) m
• Russian: ле́мма (ru) f ‎(lémma)
• Slovak: lema f
• Spanish: lema (es) m
• Swedish: lemma (sv), uppslagsord (sv), grundform (sv)

linguistics: lexeme — see lexeme

See alsoEdit

• basic form
• canonical form
• citation form
• dictionary form
• headword

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

lemma ‎(plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.

TranslationsEdit

botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses

• Faroese: niðara blómuøgn f
• Finnish: ulkohelve

• Latin: lēmma n

External linksEdit

Sister projects

• lemma (linguistics) on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:lemma (linguistics)
• lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:lemma (logic)
• lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:lemma (mathematics)
• headword on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:headword
• lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:lemma (botany)

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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

lemma n

1. (mathematics) lemma
2. (linguistics) lemma (canonical form of a term)

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemːɑ/
• Hyphenation: 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

SynonymsEdit

• (linguistics): perusmuoto
• (math): apulause

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmːa/
• Hyphenation: lem‧ma

NounEdit

lemma m ‎(plural lemmi)

1. lemma
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lemma.
2. entry (in a dictionary)

ReferencesEdit

• “lèmma” in Ottorino Pianigiani’s Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana (1907–1926)
• “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
• “lèmma¹” in Vocabolario Treccani on line

AnagramsEdit

• melma

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ ‎(lêmma).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlem.ma/, [ˈɫɛm.ma]

NounEdit

lemma n ‎(genitive lemmatis); 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. a 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 neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lemma	lemmata
genitive	lemmatis	lemmatum
dative	lemmatī	lemmatibus
accusative	lemma	lemmata
ablative	lemmate	lemmatibus
vocative	lemma	lemmata

Derived termsEdit

• nūtrīcis lemmata

DescendantsEdit

• French: lemme
• German: Lemma
• Italian: lemma
• Spanish: lema

ReferencesEdit

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lemma on page 898/2 of Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• “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

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

ReferencesEdit

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LEMMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

lemma n

1. a lemma (the canonical, not inflected form of a word, a headword in a dictionary)
2. (mathematics) a lemma (a proposition)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection 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

• uppslagsord

ReferencesEdit

• lemma in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)