lmd

Translingual

Symbol

lmd

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lumun.

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ălməd (“to learn”), possibly from Punic ‎*𐤋‎𐤌‎𐤃 (‎*l‎m‎d) or Biblical Hebrew למד (lāmáḏ)^[1].

Cognate with Kabyle lmed (“to learn”), Ghadames ălmǝd (“to get used to, to learn”), Tarifit řmed (“to learn, to study”), Awjila əlméd (“to learn”), Tuareg ǝlmǝd (“to learn, to know”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lmd/

Verb

lmd (intensive aorist ttlmad, verbal noun almmud, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⴷ, Arabic spelling لمد)

to learn, to study
Synonym: tɛllm

آر يتّلماد تينڭليزت. ― ar ittlmad tinglizt. ― he's learning English.
to get used to
Synonyms: myar, wllf

لمدغ لمدينت اد. ― lmdġ lmdint. ― I got used to this city.
to be trained, tamed
Synonym: annun

ايغ اس ور تلمدت، تشّا اك يضوضان.
iġ as ur tlmdt, tšša ak iḍuḍan
when a beast is not trained, you will get your fingers eaten.

Derived terms

almad (“lesson”)
almmud (“learning”)
anlmad (“student”)
aslmad (“teacher”)
aslmd (“teaching,education”)
sslmd (“to teach”)

Related terms

ara (“to learn”)
ssn (“to write”)
ɣr (“to read, to study”)

References

^ Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1468a

[1] Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

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