lemma
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General American) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɪmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛmə
- Hyphenation: lem‧ma
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Noun[edit]
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.
- (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
- (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
Synonyms[edit]
- (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word”): non-lemma
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).
Noun[edit]
lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)
- (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
- (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Sister projects
- lemma (psycholinguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (morphology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma n
- (mathematics) lemma
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- lemma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)
- (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
- (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma
- (linguistics) lemma
- (mathematics) lemma
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lemma | lemmat | ||
genitive | lemman | lemmojen | ||
partitive | lemmaa | lemmoja | ||
illative | lemmaan | lemmoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lemma | lemmat | ||
accusative | nom. | lemma | lemmat | |
gen. | lemman | |||
genitive | lemman | lemmojen lemmainrare | ||
partitive | lemmaa | lemmoja | ||
inessive | lemmassa | lemmoissa | ||
elative | lemmasta | lemmoista | ||
illative | lemmaan | lemmoihin | ||
adessive | lemmalla | lemmoilla | ||
ablative | lemmalta | lemmoilta | ||
allative | lemmalle | lemmoille | ||
essive | lemmana | lemmoina | ||
translative | lemmaksi | lemmoiksi | ||
abessive | lemmatta | lemmoitta | ||
instructive | — | lemmoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (linguistics): perusmuoto
- (math): apulause
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English lemma and German Lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma (plural lemmák)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lemma | lemmák |
accusative | lemmát | lemmákat |
dative | lemmának | lemmáknak |
instrumental | lemmával | lemmákkal |
causal-final | lemmáért | lemmákért |
translative | lemmává | lemmákká |
terminative | lemmáig | lemmákig |
essive-formal | lemmaként | lemmákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lemmában | lemmákban |
superessive | lemmán | lemmákon |
adessive | lemmánál | lemmáknál |
illative | lemmába | lemmákba |
sublative | lemmára | lemmákra |
allative | lemmához | lemmákhoz |
elative | lemmából | lemmákból |
delative | lemmáról | lemmákról |
ablative | lemmától | lemmáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lemmáé | lemmáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lemmáéi | lemmákéi |
Possessive forms of lemma | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lemmám | lemmáim |
2nd person sing. | lemmád | lemmáid |
3rd person sing. | lemmája | lemmái |
1st person plural | lemmánk | lemmáink |
2nd person plural | lemmátok | lemmáitok |
3rd person plural | lemmájuk | lemmáik |
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma m (plural lemmi)
- (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
- entry (in a dictionary)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lemma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
- lemma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleːm.ma/, [ˈɫ̪eːmːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/, [ˈlɛmːä]
Noun[edit]
lēmma n (genitive lēmmatis); third declension
- (literally) A subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Younger to this entry?)
- (transferred senses):
- the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
- the epigram itself
- story, tale
- the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Genitive | lēmmatis | lēmmatum |
Dative | lēmmatī | lēmmatibus |
Accusative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Ablative | lēmmate | lēmmatibus |
Vocative | lēmma | lēmmata |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “lemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 898/2.
- “lemma” on page 1,015/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably a scribal error: ni → m.
Noun[edit]
lemma f (genitive lemmae); first declension
- medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lemma | lemmae |
Genitive | lemmae | lemmārum |
Dative | lemmae | lemmīs |
Accusative | lemmam | lemmās |
Ablative | lemmā | lemmīs |
Vocative | lemma | lemmae |
References[edit]
- “lemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemma f
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Noun[edit]
lemma n
- lemma[1] (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
- (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lemma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lemma | lemmat | lemman | lemmana |
Genitive | lemmas | lemmats | lemmans | lemmanas |
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛmə
- Rhymes:English/ɛmə/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Mathematics
- en:Linguistics
- en:Lexicography
- en:Botany
- English autological terms
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Mathematics
- cs:Linguistics
- Czech ma-stem neuter nouns
- Czech nouns with reducible stem
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛmaː
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch nouns with Greek plurals
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Mathematics
- nl:Linguistics
- Finnish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/emːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/emːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Linguistics
- fi:Mathematics
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Lexicography
- Hungarian terms derived from English
- Hungarian terms derived from German
- Hungarian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/mɒ
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Mathematics
- hu:Linguistics
- hu:Lexicography
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛmma
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛmma/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Mathematics
- it:Linguistics
- it:Lexicography
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the third declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Requests for quotations/Pliny the Younger
- Latin terms with transferred senses
- Requests for quotations/Aulus Gellius
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin medieval spellings
- Polish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Polish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmma
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmma/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Linguistics
- pl:Lexicography
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Mathematics