# ልጓም
## Amharic
### Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

### Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) ?
* bridle

## Argobba
### Noun

ልጓም (ləgʷam)
* bridle

## Gafat
### Noun

ልጓም (ləgʷam)
* bridle

## Ge'ez

* Root
* ለ-ጐ-መ (lä-gʷä-mä)
* 1 term

### Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

### Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) (plural ልጓማት (ləgʷamat), and አልጓም (ʾälgʷam))
* bridle
* halter, band, holdfast

#### Declension

| Number | State | State | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | ልጓም (ləgʷam) | ልጓመ (ləgʷamä) |
| singular | construct | construct | ልጓመ (ləgʷamä) | ልጓመ (ləgʷamä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ልጓምየ (ləgʷamyä) | ልጓምየ (ləgʷamyä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ልጓምከ (ləgʷamkä) | ልጓመከ (ləgʷamäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ልጓምኪ (ləgʷamki) | ልጓመኪ (ləgʷamäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ልጓሙ (ləgʷamu) | ልጓሞ (ləgʷamo) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ልጓማ (ləgʷama) | ልጓማ (ləgʷama) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ልጓምነ (ləgʷamnä) | ልጓመነ (ləgʷamänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ልጓምክሙ (ləgʷamkəmu) | ልጓመክሙ (ləgʷamäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ልጓምክን (ləgʷamkən) | ልጓመክን (ləgʷamäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ልጓሞሙ (ləgʷamomu) | ልጓሞሙ (ləgʷamomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ልጓሞን (ləgʷamon) | ልጓሞን (ləgʷamon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ልጓማት (ləgʷamat) | ልጓማተ (ləgʷamatä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ልጓማተ (ləgʷamatä) | ልጓማተ (ləgʷamatä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ልጓማትየ (ləgʷamatyä) | ልጓማትየ (ləgʷamatyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ልጓማቲከ (ləgʷamatikä) | ልጓማቲከ (ləgʷamatikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ልጓማትኪ (ləgʷamatki); ልጓማቲኪ (ləgʷamatiki) | ልጓማትኪ (ləgʷamatki); ልጓማቲኪ (ləgʷamatiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ልጓማቲሁ (ləgʷamatihu) | ልጓማቲሁ (ləgʷamatihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ልጓማቲሃ (ləgʷamatiha) | ልጓማቲሃ (ləgʷamatiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ልጓማቲነ (ləgʷamatinä) | ልጓማቲነ (ləgʷamatinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ልጓማቲክሙ (ləgʷamatikmu) | ልጓማቲክሙ (ləgʷamatikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ልጓማቲክን (ləgʷamatikn) | ልጓማቲክን (ləgʷamatikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ልጓማቲሆሙ (ləgʷamatihomu) | ልጓማቲሆሙ (ləgʷamatihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ልጓማቲሆን (ləgʷamatihon) | ልጓማቲሆን (ləgʷamatihon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | አልጓም (ʾälgʷam) | አልጓመ (ʾälgʷamä) |
| plural | construct | construct | አልጓመ (ʾälgʷamä) | አልጓመ (ʾälgʷamä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | አልጓምየ (ʾälgʷamyä) | አልጓምየ (ʾälgʷamyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | አልጓሚከ (ʾälgʷamikä) | አልጓሚከ (ʾälgʷamikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | አልጓምኪ (ʾälgʷamki); አልጓሚኪ (ʾälgʷamiki) | አልጓምኪ (ʾälgʷamki); አልጓሚኪ (ʾälgʷamiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | አልጓሚሁ (ʾälgʷamihu) | አልጓሚሁ (ʾälgʷamihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | አልጓሚሃ (ʾälgʷamiha) | አልጓሚሃ (ʾälgʷamiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | አልጓሚነ (ʾälgʷaminä) | አልጓሚነ (ʾälgʷaminä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | አልጓሚክሙ (ʾälgʷamikmu) | አልጓሚክሙ (ʾälgʷamikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | አልጓሚክን (ʾälgʷamikn) | አልጓሚክን (ʾälgʷamikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | አልጓሚሆሙ (ʾälgʷamihomu) | አልጓሚሆሙ (ʾälgʷamihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | አልጓሚሆን (ʾälgʷamihon) | አልጓሚሆን (ʾälgʷamihon) |

#### Derived terms

* ለጐመ (lägʷämä, “to bridle or otherwise restrain”)
* አልጐመ (ʾälgʷämä, “to bridle; to put into silence”)
* ተለጕመ (tälägʷmä, “to be or become silent”)
* ልጉም (ləgum, “bridled or otherwise restrained”)
* መልጐም (mälgʷäm, “bridle”)

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “ልጓም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 263–264
* Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 307b
* Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 41–42

## Tigrinya
### Etymology

Borrowed from a rare Aramaic if not a pre-Islamic borrowing from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

### Noun

ልጓም • (ləgʷam) ?
* bridle