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Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam, “sputum”), from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body”). Doublet of flegma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: bal‧gam
Noun
balgam (plural balgam-balgam)
- sputum, phlegm
- Synonyms: dahak, sputum
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish bolgum (“sip; mouthful, draught”) (compare modern Irish bolgam).
Noun
balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)
- mouthful (of a drink), sip, gulp
A bheil thu ag iarraidh balgam teatha?- Do you want a drink of tea?
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “balgam”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolgum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بلغم (balgam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam).
Noun
balgam (definite accusative balgamı, plural balgamlar)
- sputum, phlegm
Declension
Further reading