laqqam

Maltese

Etymology

In the sense “to graft” from Arabic لَقَّمَ‎ (laqqama, “to feed a mouthful”), from لُقْمة‎ (luqma), whence Maltese loqma (“morsel”). The figurative use for “to vaccinate” exists in many languages; compare English inoculate (in an 18th-century description of the Graeco-Turkish practice also ingraft).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔ.ʔam/

Verb

laqqam (imperfect jlaqqam, past participle mlaqqam)

  1. (botany) to graft, engraft
  2. (medicine) to vaccinate

Derived terms
  • tilqim
  • tlaqqam

See also
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