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lamed¹

  • /ˈlɑːmɛd/

Rhymes with -ɑːmɛd

Where it comes from

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

noun lameds · lamedh

  1. The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

lamed²

  • /leɪmd/

Rhymes with -eɪmd

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of lame

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noun Semitic letter

Françaislamèd, lamed, lamedh
עבריתלָמֶד lámed

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"lamed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lamed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lamed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lamed

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"lamed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lamed.

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@misc{lamed_2026,
  title = {lamed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lamed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}