balgam
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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
Noun
balgam (first-person possessive balgamku, second-person possessive balgammu, third-person possessive balgamnya)
Further reading
- “balgam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish bolgum (“sip; mouthful, draught”) (compare modern Irish bolgam).
Noun
balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| balgam | bhalgam |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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)
Declension
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بلغم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 276a