H3925 לָמַד lâmad → Root

5 languages

Root of the למד lâmad family (4 members).

To learn or to be instructed, and to cause to learn (i.e. to teach); the verb covers both the process of acquiring knowledge/skill through study or experience (learn), as well as causing others to acquire such knowledge or skills (teach, instruct). The core sense is engagement in education, apprenticeship, or discipline, with use both transitive ('to teach') and intransitive ('to learn'). The semantic range includes contexts of formal instruction, habitual learning, apprenticeship in skills, or being trained/accustomed to a practice, as well as the didactic activity of teaching others.

Etymology From the root למד, whose core meaning is 'to learn, teach, be accustomed.' The form לָמַד is the qal root, and in its different stems expresses learning (qal), teaching (piel/hiphil), and being taught (niphal/pual). It is generally regarded as a basic Semitic root, with related forms appearing in other Semitic languages (e.g., Aramaic למד).

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Chokwe lemba to circumcise, initiate (esp. boys), to teach/initiate during rites -lemba-
Kikongo lemba to teach, educate, instruct lemba
Kimbundu lemba instruct, educate, to initiate/teach in initiation rites -lemba-
Lingala lemba to initiate, to calm, to consecrate (esp. religious/ritual connotation) -lemba-
Umbundu lemba initiate, begin, consecrate (esp. ritual) -lemba-

Family members (3)

Lexemes that inherit from this canonical via the SilexRoot family or an additional inheritance edge. Tags show the cognate-propagation status.

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