# \*lhm: 'ox, bull'

> Proto-Semitic *lhm, 'ox, bull': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## 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 |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## 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 &gt; w). Not 1690 \*lVhVm- 'thousand; great number' or 3424 \*lhm/lḥm 'to touch'.

## Linked from

- [L](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/l/index.md>)

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