lagum

Maguindanao

Noun

lagum

  1. Alternative spelling of ragum

Old English

Noun

lagum

  1. dative plural of lagu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım), from Arabic لَغْم (laḡm), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος (lákkos, “cavity”) [1] or Ancient Greek λαχαίνω (lakhaínō, “to dig, to excavate”), from Ancient Greek λαχών (lakhṓn, “to obtain, to draw, to receive”). Compare obsolete or dialectal Bulgarian лагъм (lagǎm, “underground tunnel”).

Noun

lagum m (Cyrillic spelling лагум)

  1. mine
    Synonym: rudnik
  2. underground tunnel
  3. cellar
    Synonym: podrum

Declension
Declension of lagum
singular plural
nominative lagum lagumi
genitive laguma lagumā
dative lagumu lagumima
accusative lagum lagume
vocative lagume lagumi
locative lagumu lagumima
instrumental lagumom lagumima

References
  1. Skok, Petar (1971) “lagum”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 261
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