лагум

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

лагум m (Latin spelling lagum)

  1. mine
  2. underground tunnel
  3. cellar

Declension
Declension of лагум
singular plural
nominative лагум лагуми
genitive лагума лагума̄
dative лагуму лагумима
accusative лагум лагуме
vocative лагуме лагуми
locative лагуму лагумима
instrumental лагумом лагумима

Synonyms

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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