lagum

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Maguindanao

Noun

lagum

  1. Alternative spelling of ragum

Old English

Noun

lagum

  1. dative plural of lagu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım), from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος (lákkos, “cavity”) [1] or Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, “to dig, to excavate”), from Ancient Greek λαχών (lakhṓn, “to obtain, to draw, to receive”). Compare obsolete or dialectal Bulgarian лагъм (lagǎm, “underground tunnel”).

Noun

lagum m (Cyrillic spelling лагум)

  1. mine
    Synonym: rudnik
  2. underground tunnel
  3. cellar
    Synonym: podrum

Declension

Declension of lagum
singular plural
nominative lagum lagumi
genitive laguma lagumā
dative lagumu lagumima
accusative lagum lagume
vocative lagume lagumi
locative lagumu lagumima
instrumental lagumom lagumima

References

  1. ^ Skok, Petar (1971) “lagum”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 261
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