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

Related terms

• llagore

References

• “llagëm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (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