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lexeme

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lex·eme  (lksm)
n.
The fundamental unit of the lexicon of a language. Find, finds, found, and finding are forms of the English lexeme find.
[lex(icon) + -eme.]
lexeme [ˈlɛksiːm]
n
(Linguistics) Linguistics a minimal meaningful unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from that of its component morphemes. Take off (in the senses to mimic, to become airborne, etc.) is a lexeme, as well as the independent morphemes take and off
[from lex(icon) + -eme]
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Noun1.lexeme - a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'
language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
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lexeme [ˈleksiːm] N → lexema m
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Das Theama der Doktorarbeit war viel breiter als man aufgrund des Titels annehmen konnte: "Die syrjanischen Lehnworter im Wogulischen" (Akademiai Kiado, Budapest 1970), Karoly Redei ist namlich in Anlehnung an geschichtliche Quellen auch auf die Geschichte der syrjanisch-wogulischen Beziehungen eingegangen und hat auch die aus dem Syrjanischen in das Ostjakische entlehnten Lexeme inventarisiert.
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