lamb

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Faroese 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Icelandic 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 3.1.2 Derived terms 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English lamb, from Germanic *lamboz-. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, Swedish lamm, Norwegian and Danish lam.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/
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• Rhymes: -æm

[edit] Noun

lamb (plural lambs)

1. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
2. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
3. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

[edit] Derived terms

• lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter
• lamblike

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to lamb (third-person singular simple present lambs, present participle lambing, simple past and past participle lambed)

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

   The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ablm
• balm
• blam

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Noun

lamb n.

1. lamb (both the animal and meat)
2. (cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)

[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

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

lamb n. (l-a-mb-s, l-ö-mb)

1. lamb

[edit] Declension

Declension of lamb
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	lamb	lambið	lömb	lömbin
accusative	lamb	lambið	lömb	lömbin
dative	lambi	lambinu	lömbum	lömbunum
genitive	lambs	lambsins	lamba	lambanna
Other words with the same declension

[edit] Derived terms

• launa lambið gráa
• ljúfur sem lamb m., ljúf sem lamb f., ljúft sem lamb n.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *lambaz

[edit] Noun

lamb n.

1. lamb

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	lamb	lambru
accusative	lamb	lambru
genitive	lambes	lambra
dative	lambe	lambrum

[edit] Descendants

• English: lamb