Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
simple past and past participle of lame
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
From Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
