First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).
lema (uncountable)
Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
lema m (plural lemes)
lema
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē).
lēma f (genitive lēmae); first declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēma | lēmae |
Genitive | lēmae | lēmārum |
Dative | lēmae | lēmīs |
Accusative | lēmam | lēmās |
Ablative | lēmā | lēmīs |
Vocative | lēma | lēmae |
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
lema
Root |
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l-m-j |
1 term |
From Arabic لَمَعَ (lamaʕa). The original inflection with a final għ is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with -a- in all forms and one of the type of beda).
lema (imperfect jilma)
Conjugation of lema | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | lmajt / lmejt | lmajt / lmejt | lema | lmajna / lmejna | lmajtu / lmejtu | lmaw / lmew | |
f | lmat / lmiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nilma | tilma | jilma | nilmaw / nilmew | tilmaw / tilmew | jilmaw / jilmew | |
f | tilma | |||||||
imperative | ilma | ilmaw / ilmew |
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
lema
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.
lema m (plural lemas)
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léma f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ма)
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
lema
Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
lema m (plural lemas)
From Proto-Oceanic *lalom, from earlier *ralom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.
lema
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
lema
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