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لام
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
لَامَ • (lāma) I (non-past يَلُومُ (yalūmu), verbal noun لَوْم (lawm) or مَلَام (malām) or مَلَامَة (malāma)) pl of لَائِم is لُوَّم or لُيَّم -->
Conjugation
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
لَام • (lām) f (plural لَامَات (lāmāt))
- Name of the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet (ل (l)), representing the sound /l/.
Declension
Derived terms
- لَام التَّعْلِيل (lām at-taʕlīl)
- لَام الْعَاقِبَة (lām al-ʕāqiba), لَام الصَّيْرُورَة (lām aṣ-ṣayrūra), لَام الْمَآل (lām al-maʔāl)
- لَام مُزَحْلَقَة (lām muzaḥlaqa)
- لَام الِٱبْتِدَاء (lām al-ibtidāʔ)
- اَللَّام الْفَارِقَة (al-lām al-fāriqa)
Descendants
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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
لام • (lām) I (non-past يلوم (ylūm))
Conjugation
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Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic لاَم. Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 (l, “lamedh”).
Noun
لام • (lâm)
- 27th letter in the Persian alphabet (ل)
Etymology 2
Noun
لام • (lâm)
References
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “لام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Punjabi
Etymology 1
From Arabic لاَم. Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 (l, “lamedh”).
Noun
لام • (lām)
- 30th letter in the Shahmukhi alphabet (ل (l))
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
لام • (lām) I (present بلوم (bilūm))
Conjugation
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Southeast Pashayi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
لام (lām)
Further reading
- Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal; Adam Baker (2013), “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246
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