lamb
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[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
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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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
young sheep
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flesh of lamb as food
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[edit] Verb
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to 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.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Faroese
[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] Icelandic
[edit] Noun
[edit] Declension
| Declension of lamb | ||||||
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| (indefinite) | (definite) | (indefinite) | (definite) | |||
| nominative | lamb | lambið | lömb | lömbin | ||
| accusative | lamb | lambið | lömb | lömbin | ||
| dative | lambi | lambinu | lömbum | lömbunum | ||
| genitive | lambs | lambsins | lamba | lambanna | ||
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
Proto-Germanic *lambaz
[edit] Noun
lamb n.
[edit] Declension
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| nominative | lamb | lambru |
| accusative | lamb | lambru |
| genitive | lambes | lambra |
| dative | lambe | lambrum |
[edit] Descendants
- English: lamb