lamb
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (compare Scottish Gaelic lon ‘elk’, Ancient Greek élaphos ‘red deer’), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én. More at elk.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
lamb (plural lambs)
- A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
- The flesh of a lamb used as food.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
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[edit] Translations
young sheep
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flesh of lamb as food
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meek person
[edit] 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.
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[edit] Faroese
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
[edit] Noun
lamb n.
[edit] Declension
| n8 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lamb | lambið | lomb | lombini |
| Accusative | lamb | lambið | lomb | lombini |
| Dative | lambi | lambinum | lombum | lombunum |
| Genitive | lambs | lambsins | lamba | lambanna |
[edit] Derived terms
- gimburlamb (female lamb)
- veðurlamb (male lamb)
[edit] Gothic
[edit] Romanization
lamb
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
lamb n. (genitive singular lambs, plural lömb)
- a lamb
[edit] Declension
declension of lamb
[edit] Derived terms
- launa lambið gráa
- ljúfur sem lamb
- vatna lömbum (confer the Old Norse krjúpa at keldu)
[edit] Old English
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
[edit] Noun
lamb n.
[edit] Declension
Declension of lamb (strong z-stem)
[edit] Descendants
- English: lamb
[edit] Old Norse
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
[edit] Noun
lamb n.
- a lamb
[edit] Descendants
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English verbs
- en:Baby animals
- en:Meats
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese nouns
- fo:Foods
- fo:Meats
- fo:Sheep
- fo:Stýrivolt
- Gothic romanizations
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic nouns
- is:Baby animals
- is:Sheep
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English nouns
- Old English z-stem nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse nouns