Plural of lemma

Forms of lemma

Lemmas and lemmata in a sentence

• "I remember my wife and I spending one entire afternoon just working on some tiny little lemmas involved in the proof."1988 August 30, Malcolm W. Browne, “Intellectual Duel: Brash Challenge, Swift Response”, in The New York Times, archived from the original...
• In the literature one finds many pumping lemmas which describe the ability to repeat (pump) certain words repeatedly in some languages, under different circumstances.2002, Alejandro Maass, Servet Martínez, Jaime San Martín, Dynamics and randomness, page 174. From the entry pumping lemma
• String-language hierarchies are usually proven using formalism-specific pumping lemmata.2010, Marco Kuhlmann, Dependency Structures and Lexicalized Grammars: An Algebraic Approach, page 107. From the entry pumping lemma
• If unknown, leave as non lemmata not found.2010, “cayorodriguez” (username), “Lemmatization module in NLTK” in nltk-dev, Usenet. From the entry non-lemma
• These glossaria are alphabetically arranged according to the Latin lemmata and include explicatory glosses in a vernacular language.2006, E. K. Brown, Anne Anderson, editors, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry glossarium

Meaning of lemma

1. noun A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. noun A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.
3. noun The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

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• Lemma in Bengali
• Lemma in Malayalam

Questions about the plural of lemma

What is the plural of lemma?

The plural of lemma is lemmas or lemmata.

Which is correct, lemmas or lemmata?

Both are used. lemmas is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is lemma countable?

Lemma is a countable noun.