*lhm: 'ox, bull'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*lhm
Meaning	'ox, bull'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	lihm, pl. luhūm 'aged (bull)' (BK 2 1034)	BK 2 1034
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic lhm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 92)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 92	gloss withheld
Geez	lāhm, pl. ʾalhəmt (K) lāḥm (LGz. 309)	K; LGz. 309	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	lahmi, laḥmi, lam (LGz. 309)	LGz. 309	gloss withheld
Amharic	lam (LGz. 309)	LGz. 309	gloss withheld
Argobba	lam (LGz. 309)	LGz. 309	gloss withheld
Harari	lām (LGz. 309)	LGz. 309	gloss withheld
Gafat	älämʷ (LGz. 309)	LGz. 309	gloss withheld

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Notes

Hommel 1879, 103 n. 2 (apud LGz. 309) compares the Geez with Arabic lihm 'aged ox', lahima 'swallow greedily' and Hebrew lhm in mitlahămīm 'who are swallowed greedily'; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 92 set Geez lāhm and Arabic lihmun beside the Safaitic. LGz. 309 calls doubtful the identification with Hebrew leḥem 'bread' and notes a possible connection with Cushitic (Bilin ləwi 'cow', Kham. ləwa, with m > w). Not 1690 *lVhVm- 'thousand; great number' or 3424 *lhm/lḥm 'to touch'.

Updated 27 October 2026

*lhm: 'ox, bull'

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