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lamb
English
Etymology
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas), from Proto-Indo-European *h?l?h?onb?os (compare Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ?????? (élaphos, “red deer”)), enlargement of *h?elh?én. More at elk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Noun
lamb (plural lambs or (dialectal) lamber or (dialectal) lambren)
- A young sheep.
- The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
- A simple, unsophisticated person.
- (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
Synonyms
- sheepling
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lamb (third-person singular simple present lambs, present participle lambing, simple past and past participle lambed)
- (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
- (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
- The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Translations
Anagrams
- ALBM, BAML, LBMA, balm, blam
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun
lamb n (genitive singular lambs, plural lomb)
- lamb (both the animal and meat)
- kid (baby goat)
- (playing cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)
Declension
Derived terms
- gimburlamb (female lamb)
- veðurlamb (male lamb)
Gothic
Romanization
lamb
- Romanization of ????????????????
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamp/
- Rhymes: -amp
Noun
lamb n (genitive singular lambs, nominative plural lömb)
- a lamb
Declension
Derived terms
- launa lambið gráa
- ljúfur sem lamb
- vatna lömbum (compare the Old Norse krjúpa at keldu)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lomb, lombe, loumbe, lambe
Etymology
From Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lam(b)/, /l?m(b)/
Noun
lamb (plural lambes or lamber or lambren)
- A lamb, its meat, or its skin.
- A Christian believer.
Descendants
- English: lamb
- Scots: lam, lamb
- Yola: lhawm, lowem
References
- “l??mb, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse lamb.
Noun
lamb n (definite singular lambet, definite singular dative lambe, indefinite plural lomb, definite plural lombi, definite plural dative lombom)
- a lamb (young sheep); form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by lam
- (by extension, Christianity, figuratively) Christ as sacrificial lamb
Inflection
Derived terms
- lambekjøt
- påskelamb (“Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)
Old English
Alternative forms
- lemb, lomb, lomber
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?mb/
Noun
lamb n (nominative plural lambru)
- lamb
Declension
West Saxon:
Anglian:
Descendants
- Middle English: lamb, lomb, lambe
- English: lamb
- Scots: lam, lamb
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz, whence also Old Saxon lamb, Old English lamb, Old Norse lamb, Gothic ???????????????? (lamb)
Noun
lamb n
- lamb
Declension
Descendants
- Middle High German: lamp, lam
- Cimbrian: lamp
- German: Lamm
- Luxembourgish: Lamm
- Vilamovian: ?amm
- Yiddish: ????? (lam)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun
lamb n (genitive lambs, plural l?mb)
- a lamb
Declension
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun
lamb n
- lamb
Declension
Descendants
- Low German: Lamm
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lambkin
English
Etymology
lamb +? -kin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?læmk?n/
- Hyphenation: lamb?kin
Noun
lambkin (plural lambkins)
- A young lamb, a very young sheep.
- A term of endearment.
Translations
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