lam

See also Lam, Lam., l-am, làm, and lăm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lemja.

Noun

lam (uncountable)

1. Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

Verb

lam (third-person singular simple present lams, present participle lamming, simple past and past participle lammed)

1. (transitive) To beat or thrash

Derived terms

• lambaste

Etymology 2

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Noun

lam (plural lams)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ﻝ. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.

Anagrams

• mal, Mal, Mal.
• MLA, M.L.A.

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lami.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lam/, [lɑmˀ]

Adjective

lam (neuter lamt, definite and plural lamme)

1. lame

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lamb.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lam/, [lɑmˀ]

Noun

lam n (singular definite lammet, plural indefinite lam)

1. lamb

Inflection

    Inflection of lam

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	lam	lammet	lam	lammene
genitive	lams	lammets	lams	lammenes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lamp, lam, from Old Dutch *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with lamb, German Lamm.

Noun

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje)

1. A lamb, the young of a sheep
2. (metonymically) The meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat
3. (figuratively) A gentle person, especially an innocent child

Derived terms

lammeren (verb) lamsvlees n lamswol

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz. Cognate with lame, German lamm.

Adjective

lam (comparative lammer, superlative lamst)

1. lame, unable to move, paralyzed
2. (informal) very drunk

Declension

Declension of lam

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		lam	lammer
neuter singular	indefinite	lam	lammer
	definite	lamme	lammere	lamste	lamst, lamste
common singular		lamme	lammere	lamste	lamste
plural		lamme	lammere	lamste	lamste
partitive		lams	lammers

Derived terms

• lamstraal m
• lamme m
• verlammen
• vleugellam

Anagrams

• mal

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Lojban

Rafsi

lam

1. rafsi of lamji.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiman.

Noun

lām n

1. clay, loam

Descendants

• English: loam

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Old High German

Etymology

Common Proto-Germanic *lamaz, whence also Old English lama, Old Norse lami

Adjective

lam

1. lame

Descendants

• German: lahm

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Polish

Noun

lam

1. genitive plural of lama

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Swedish

Adjective

lam

1. lame, unable to move any limbs
2. (slang) lame, inefficient, imperfect, almost ridiculously so

   Det var ett lamt försök. Gör ditt bästa istället!

   That was a lame attempt. Do your best instead!

Declension

Declension of lam

Inflections of lam		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	lam	lamare		lamast
	Neuter	lamt
Definite singular	Masc.	lame		lamaste
	All	lama		lamaste
Plural		lama		lamaste

See also

• förlamad
• lamslagen

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Volapük

Etymology

German Arm and English arm

Noun

lam (plural lams)

1. arm
2. blade
3. sharp blade

Declension

declension of lam

	singular	plural
nominative	lam	lams
genitive	lama	lamas
dative	lame	lames
accusative	lami	lamis
predicative	lamu	lamus
vocative	o lam!	o lams!