lam

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.2.2.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Derived terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Adjective 3.3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Old High German 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 6 Swedish 6.1 Adjective 6.1.1 See also 7 Volapük 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/
• Rhymes: -æm

[edit] Noun

lam (uncountable)

1. Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.
2. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ﻝ. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To beat or thrash

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of alm
• mal, Mal, Mal.
• MLA, M.L.A.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse lami.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lam/, [lɒmˀ]

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lam (neuter lamt, definite and plural lamme)

1. lame

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse lamb.

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• IPA: /lam/, [lɒmˀ]

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lam n. (singular definite lammet, plural indefinite lam)

1. lamb

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with lamb, German Lamm.

[edit] Noun

lam n. (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje, plural diminutive lammetjes)

1. A lamb, the young of a sheep
2. (metonymy) 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

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[edit] Etymology 2

Germanic, cognate with lame, German lamm.

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lam, lamme (comparative lammer, lammere; superlative lamst, lamste)

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

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• lamstraal m.
• lamme m.
• verlammen
• vleugellam

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[edit] Old English

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West Germanic *laima

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lām m.

1. loam

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

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lam

1. lame

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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

lam

1. A person who is, by medical reasons, unable to move any limbs; lame
2. Inefficient, imperfect, almost ridiculously so.

   Example:

   • Det var ett lamt försök. Gör ditt bästa istället!<=> That was a lame attempt. Do your best instead!

[edit] See also

• förlamad
• lamslagen

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Etymology

German Arm and English arm

[edit] Noun

lam

1. arm
2. blade
3. sharp blade

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