algum

• almug

From Hebrew אַלְגּוּמִּים (algumím).

algum (uncountable)

1. (biblical) A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible, possibly juniper or red sandalwood.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 9:10:

     And the seruants also of Huram, and the seruants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought Algume trees and, precious stones.

• algumwood

• “algum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• almug, glaum, mulga

algum

1. indefinite dative plural of alga

algum m (feminine algumha, masculine plural alguns, feminine plural algumhas)

1. reintegrationist spelling of algún

• “algum” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• algũ (obsolete)
• alghum (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese algũu, from Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, from Latin aliquis + ūnus. Compare Spanish alguno, French aucun, Italian alcuno.

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: al‧gum

algum (feminine alguma, masculine plural alguns, feminine plural algumas)

1. some, any

For quotations using this term, see Citations:algum.

• alguém