llagëm

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • llagam — Gheg
  • llagem
  • lagëm

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لغم (lağım, “sewer, drain, explosive mine, underground tunnel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɫaˈɡəm/
  • Rhymes: -əm

Noun

llagëm m (plural llagëme, definite llagëmi, definite plural llagëmet) (colloquial)

  1. underground sewage channel
  2. trench, underground tunnel used for protection
    Synonym: llogore
  3. tunnel in or under the ground used to plant explosives
  4. mine
    Synonym: minierë

Declension
Declension of llagëm
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative llagëm llagëme llagëmi llagëmet
accusative llagëmin
dative llagëmi llagëmeve llagëmit llagëmevet
ablative llagëmesh

References
  • “llagëm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “llagëm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llagëm”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 284
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llagëm'”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255
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