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==English==

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# A [[perennial]] shrub, {{taxlink|Duma florulenta|species}}, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
# Land covered by lignum.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1992|author=Bob Magor|title=Blood on the Board|page=10|passage=The assembled in the '''lignum''' / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.}}

===See also===
{{col2|en|lignum nephriticum|lignum rhodium|lignum vitae}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gilmnu|muling}}

==Latin==
==Latin==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|ine-pro|la}} {{m|ine-pro|*leg-no||that which is collected}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*legnom}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro||*leǵ-no-m|that which is collected}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to collect}}, with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking".

An alternative derivation from {{der|la|ine-pro|*legʰ-|t=to lie}}, and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|pages=340-1}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈlɪŋ.nʊm/|lang=la}}
* {{la-IPA}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{la-noun|lignum||lignī|n|second}}
{{la-noun|lignum<2>}}


# [[firewood]].
# [[firewood]]
# {{lb|la|later Latin}} [[wood]] tissue.
# {{lb|la|later Latin}} [[wood]] tissue
# [[tree]]
# [[tree]]
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Psalm|1|3|quote=Et erit tamquam '''lignum''' transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur|trans=And he shall be like a '''tree''' which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Duoay-Rheims translation)}}
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Psalm|1|3|quote=Et erit tamquam '''lignum''' transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo. Et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur|trans=And he shall be like a '''tree''' which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)}}


====Inflection====
====Declension====
{{la-decl-2nd-N|lign}}
{{la-ndecl|lignum<2>}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* [[lignarius|lignārius]]
{{der3|la|lignārius
|lignāmen
* [[ligneus]]
|ligneus
* [[lignor]]
|lignor
* [[lignosus|lignōsus]]
|lignōsus

|lignātiō
====Related terms====
|lignātor
* [[lignatio|lignātiō]]
|ligneolus
* [[lignator|lignātor]]
}}
* [[ligneolus]]


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
Several forms inherited from the plural ''ligna'', reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.
{{top3}}
{{top3}}
* Balkan Romance:
* Aragonese: {{l|an|lenya}}
* Aromanian: {{l|rup|lemnu}}
** {{desc|rup|lemnu|lem}}
** {{desc|ruo|lĕmnĕ}}
* Asturian: {{l|ast|lleña}}, {{l|ast|lleiña}}, {{l|ast|ḷḷeiña}}, {{l|ast|ḷḷeña}}, {{l|ast|ḷḷeñe}}, {{l|ast|lleñe}}, {{l|ast|lleñi}}, {{l|ast|cheña}}, {{l|ast|yeñi}}, {{l|ast|yeña}}
* Catalan: {{l|ca|llenya}}
** {{desc|ruq|lemnu|lemu}}
** {{desc|ro|lemn}}
* Corsican: {{l|co|legnu}}, {{l|co|legna}}, {{l|co|lenghju}}
* Dalmatian: {{l|dlm|lanc}}
* Dalmatian:
** {{desc|dlm|lanc|nolb=1}}
* Italo-Romance:
* Emilian: {{l|egl|laggna}}
* Fala: {{l|fax|leña}}
** {{desc|co|legnu|legna|lenghju}}
* Friulian: {{l|fur|len}}
** {{desc|it|legno|legna}}
** {{desc|nap|ligno|liuno|livuno|leuno}}
* Galician: {{l|gl|leña}}
** {{desc|scn|lignu|ligna}}
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: {{l|pov|lenha}}
* Rhaeto-Romance:
{{mid3}}
** {{desc|fur|len}}
* Istriot: {{l|ist|lìgno}}, {{l|ist|lìgna}}
** {{desc|ist|lìgno|lìgna}}
* Italian: {{l|it|legno}}, {{l|it|legna}}
* Ladin: {{l|lld|legn}}, {{l|lld|legna}}
** {{desc|lld|lën|legn|lënia|legna}}
** {{desc|rm|lain|laina|lenn|len}}
* Ligurian: {{l|lij|legno}}
* Venetan:
* Lombard: {{l|lmo|légn}}, {{l|lmo|légna}}
** {{desc|vec|łegno|łen|łégna}}
* Malaccan Creole Portuguese: {{l|mcm|lenya}}
* Gallo-Romance:
* Megleno-Romanian: {{l|ruq|lemn}}
* Mirandese: {{l|mwl|lheinha}}
** {{desc|egl|laggna}}
* Neapolitan: {{l|nap|ligno}}
** {{desc|lij|légno}}
* Occitan: {{l|oc|lenha}}
** {{desc|lmo|légn|légna}}
** {{desc|pms|lëgna}}
* Old French: {{l|fro|legne}}, {{l|fro|laigne}}, {{l|fro|ligne}}
** {{desc|rgn|lègn|lègna}}
* Old Portuguese: {{l|roa-opt|lenno}}, {{l|roa-opt|lenna}}
** {{desc|fro|legne|laigne|ligne}}
{{mid3}}
** {{desc|pcd|laigne|laingne}}
* Old Provençal: {{l|pro|lenh}}
** {{desc|wa|legn}}
* Picard: {{l|pcd|laigne}}, {{l|pcd|laingne}}
* Occitano-Romance:
* Piedmontese: {{l|pms|lëgna}}
** {{desc|roa-oca|lenya}}
* Portuguese: {{l|pt|lenho}}, {{l|pt|lenha}}
* Romagnol: {{l|rgn|légn}}
*** {{desc|ca|llenya}}
* Romanian: {{l|ro|lemn}}
** {{desc|pro|lenh|lenha}}
*** {{desc|oc|lenha}}
* Romansch: {{l|rm|lain}}, {{l|rm|laina}}
* Ibero-Romance:
* Sardinian: {{l|sn|línna}}
** {{desc|an|lenya}}
* Sicilian: {{l|scn|lignu}}, {{l|scn|ligna}}
** {{desc|ast|lleña|lleiña|ḷḷeiña|ḷḷeña|ḷḷeñe|lleñe|lleñi|cheña|yeñi|yeña}}
* Spanish: {{l|es|leño}}, {{l|es|leña}}
** {{desc|mwl|lheinha}}
* Venetian: {{l|vec|łegno}}, {{l|vec|łen}}, {{l|vec|łégna}}
* Walloon: {{l|wa|legn}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|lenha}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|lenho}}
** {{desc|es|leño|leña}}
* Insular Romance:
** {{desc|sc|linna}}
* Borrowings:
** {{desc|eo|ligno|bor=1}}
** {{desc|cy|llwyn|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}
{{bottom}}


===References===
[[an:lignum]]
* {{R:L&S}}
[[cs:lignum]]
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
[[eu:lignum]]
* {{R:du Cange}}
[[fr:lignum]]
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
[[ko:lignum]]
<references />
[[lo:lignum]]

[[la:lignum]]
{{C|la|Fire|Materials}}
[[hu:lignum]]
[[mg:lignum]]
[[fj:lignum]]
[[pl:lignum]]
[[ru:lignum]]
[[sh:lignum]]
[[sv:lignum]]
[[chr:lignum]]
[[ug:lignum]]
[[zh:lignum]]

Latest revision as of 20:17, 15 October 2024

English

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Noun

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lignum (countable and uncountable, plural lignums)

  1. A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
  2. Land covered by lignum.
    • 1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 10:
      The assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.

See also

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *legnom, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to collect”), with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking".

An alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension

  1. firewood
  2. (later Latin) wood tissue
  3. tree
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalm.1.3:
      Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo. Et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur
      And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lignum ligna
Genitive lignī lignōrum
Dative lignō lignīs
Accusative lignum ligna
Ablative lignō lignīs
Vocative lignum ligna

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Several forms inherited from the plural ligna, reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.

References

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  • “lignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lignum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lignum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 340-1
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