لحم

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَحْم‎ (laḥm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lħam/

Noun

لحم (lḥam) m

  1. flesh, meat

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ل ح م‎ (l-ḥ-m), from Proto-Semitic *laḥm- (“food, eatables; meat, bread”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *laḥam- (“food”). Cognate with Aramaic לַחְמָא‎ (laḥmā), Classical Syriac ܠܚܡܐ‎ (laḥmā), Hebrew לֶחֶם‎ (léḥem) (meaning bread!), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎈𐎎 (lḥm /laḥmu/), Ge'ez ላህም (lahm), all meaning “food” or “bread”. The varying semantic developments are due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħm/
  • (file)

Noun

لَحْم • (laḥm) m (plural لُحُوم‎ (luḥūm) or لِحَام‎ (liḥām) or لِحْمَان‎ (liḥmān) or لُحْمَان‎ (luḥmān) or أَلْحُم‎ (ʔalḥum))

  1. flesh, meat
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ل ح م‎ (l-ḥ-m).

Verb

لَحَمَ • (laḥama) I, non-past يَلْحُمُ‎‎ (yalḥumu)

  1. to knit together, to close up
  2. to weld, to solder
Conjugation

Verb

لَحِمَ • (laḥima) I, non-past يَلْحَمُ‎‎ (yalḥamu)

  1. to stick to, to adhere
  2. to be fleshy
Conjugation

Verb

لَحَّمَ • (laḥḥama) II, non-past يُلَحِّمُ‎‎ (yulaḥḥimu)

  1. to weld, to solder
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “لحم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 92–93
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لحم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 912
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “لحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1147

Anagrams

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَحْم‎ (laḥm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħm/, [ˈla.ħ(ɪ)m]
  • (file)

Noun

لحم • (laḥm) m (collective, singulative لحمة‎ f (laḥme), paucal لحمات‎ (laḥmāt), plural لحوم‎ (lḥūm))

  1. flesh, meat

Usage notes

The plural لحوم‎ (lḥūm) is used referring to different types of meat.

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