מְלוּגְמָא, מְלוּגְמָה f.n. PBH resp. NH plaster. [Gk. malagma (= an emollient), from the stem malassein (= to soften), from malakos (= soft), which stand for meleqos, and is related to blax, gen. blakos (= lazy, inactive, sluggish), from IE base melāq- (= to soften). See ‘meal’ (edible grain) in my CEDEL and cp. words there referred to cp. also מַלְט.]