lemma
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, General American) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- 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)
- (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 as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
- For quotations using 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
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).
NounEdit
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
- (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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 λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma n
- (mathematics) lemma
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)
- (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma
- (linguistics) lemma
- (mathematics) lemma
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of lemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | lemmani | lemmamme |
2nd person | lemmasi | lemmanne |
3rd person | lemmansa |
SynonymsEdit
- (linguistics): perusmuoto
- (math): apulause
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English lemma and German Lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma (plural lemmák)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lemma | lemmák |
accusative | lemmát | lemmákat |
dative | lemmának | lemmáknak |
instrumental | lemmával | lemmákkal |
causal-final | lemmáért | lemmákért |
translative | lemmává | lemmákká |
terminative | lemmáig | lemmákig |
essive-formal | lemmaként | lemmákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lemmában | lemmákban |
superessive | lemmán | lemmákon |
adessive | lemmánál | lemmáknál |
illative | lemmába | lemmákba |
sublative | lemmára | lemmákra |
allative | lemmához | lemmákhoz |
elative | lemmából | lemmákból |
delative | lemmáról | lemmákról |
ablative | lemmától | lemmáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lemmáé | lemmáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lemmáéi | lemmákéi |
Possessive forms of lemma | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lemmám | lemmáim |
2nd person sing. | lemmád | lemmáid |
3rd person sing. | lemmája | lemmái |
1st person plural | lemmánk | lemmáink |
2nd person plural | lemmátok | lemmáitok |
3rd person plural | lemmájuk | lemmáik |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma m (plural lemmi)
- (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
- entry (in a dictionary)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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)
- lemma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lēmma n (genitive lēmmatis); 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
- 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 noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Genitive | lēmmatis | lēmmatum |
Dative | lēmmatī | lēmmatibus |
Accusative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Ablative | lēmmate | lēmmatibus |
Vocative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
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
- medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lemma | lemmae |
Genitive | lemmae | lemmārum |
Dative | lemmae | lemmīs |
Accusative | lemmam | lemmās |
Ablative | lemmā | lemmīs |
Vocative | lemma | lemmae |
ReferencesEdit
- “lemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lemma f
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
NounEdit
lemma n
- lemma[1] (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
- (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lemma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lemma | lemmat | lemman | lemmana |
Genitive | lemmas | lemmats | lemmans | lemmanas |