lemma
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈlɛmə/
- Specialized
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lema (lexicografía)
- When studying linguistics, a lemma represents the base form of a word, such as 'go' for 'goes' and 'went'.
Examples
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The professor explained that the lemma of the text is essential for understanding the author's main argument.
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We have the following lemma: # Lemma 7.5 # Formula omitted, and Formula omitted. # Proof #
Academic text (2018) -
We have the following lemma: # Lemma 7.5 # Formula omitted, and Formula omitted. # Proof #
Academic text (2018) -
Though his enthusiasm had evidently waned by the time of publication of the second edition of his etymological dictionary three decades later, he continued to list tomar under the lemma mutuare.
Academic text (2000) -
This is also the case with the lemma at Ruth 1:8 (14), which is said to be a doublet there, but which actually occurs three times in the first chapter of Ruth, and the correct enumeration of "three" is given at the other two occurrences, in verses 11 and 12.
Academic text (2007) -
In the dictionary entry, the lemma for 'run' includes its various meanings and grammatical forms.
Synonyms
The main word at the start of a dictionary entry or phrase shown in bold
A word or phrase that a dictionary entry explains
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lemma in a dictionary sense comes from the Greek idea of a word 'taken' or chosen from a text, from lambanein 'to take'. So a dictionary lemma is the main, chosen form of a word that stands at the head of an entry.