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Judeo-Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin lacrima, from Old Latin dacrima, dacruma, perhaps from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from an earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”).
Noun
לַאגְרִימַה (laʔgərimah /lagrima/) f
- tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
16th century , “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ ”, in נְבִיאִים (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים (Nəvīʔīm, “Prophets”) (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 9, verse 1, leaf 4, recto, text lines 19–21:קֵי דַאײֵסֵי לוּ קַאפוֹ מִיאוֹ אַקוּוִי אֵי לוּ אוּקֵילוֹ מִיאוֹ אַבוּנַאנְצַה דֵי לַאגְרִימַה אֵי פְלַאנְײֵרַאײוֹ דִי אֵי נוּטַה לִי דֵיקוּלַאטִי דֵי יֵינְטַה דֵי פוּפֵילוּ מִיאוֹ׃ (Judeo-Roman)- qe daʔyese lu qaʔpo miʔo ʔaquwi ʔe lu ʔuqelo miʔo ʔabunaʔnəṣah de laʔgərimah ʔe plaʔnəyeraʔyyo di ʔe nuṭah li dequlaʔṭi de yenəṭah de pupelu miʔo.
- /Che dajesse lu capo mio acqui, e lo uchelo mio abunnanza de lagrima? E plagnerajjo dì e nutta li deculati de jenta de pupelo mio./
- Who gives water to my head, and abundance of tear(s) to my eye? And I will weep day and night for the wounded of those of my people.