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لام

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Arabic

Etymology 1

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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 -->

  1. to blame, to censure, to rebuke, to chide, to scold, to reproach
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

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))

  1. Name of the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet (ل (l)), representing the sound /l/.
Declension
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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
  • Azerbaijani: lam
  • Classical Persian: لَام (lām)
  • Uzbek: lom
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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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From Arabic لَامَ (lāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

لام (lām) I (non-past يلوم (ylūm))

  1. to blame, to censure, to rebuke, to chide, to scold, to reproach

Conjugation

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Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لاَم. Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 (l, lamedh).

Noun

لام (lâm)

  1. 27th letter in the Persian alphabet (ل)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French lame.

Noun

لام (lâm)

  1. microscope slide

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)

  1. 30th letter in the Shahmukhi alphabet (ل (l))

Etymology 2

From French l'arme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

لام (lām) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਮ)

  1. war
    Synonyms: جَن٘گ (jaṉg), یُدّھ (yuddh)
  2. battle
    Synonyms: لَڑائی (laṛā'ī), جَن٘گ (jaṉg)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic لَامَ (lāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːm/, [læːm]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

لام (lām) I (present بلوم (bilūm))

  1. to blame
  2. to scold, to reproach

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)

  1. work

Further reading

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