Lamed

//ˈlɑːmɛd// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of lame form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

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crippledcripplecripplefeeblehobblingweak

Example

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"Thence forced away, brave Iphitus, and I, / and Pelias – Iphitus with age was slow, / and Pelias by Ulysses lamed."

Etymology

From Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.

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