lamb

English

A sheep and lambs.

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/

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• Rhymes: -æm

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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

young sheep

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: خَرُوف (ar) (kharuuf) m. Armenian: գառ (hy) (gaṙ) Old Armenian: գառն (gaṙn) Aromanian: njel Azeri: quzu (az) Basque: arkume (eu) n. Bosnian: jagnje (bs) n. Bulgarian: агне (bg) (ágne) n. Catalan: [1,2] xai m. (ca), anyell m, lit. (ca), corder (ca) m. Cornish: ôn (kw) Croatian: janje (hr) n. Czech: jehně (cs) n. Dalmatian: anjial Danish: lam (da) n. Dutch: lam (nl) n., lammetje (nl) n. Esperanto: ŝafido (eo) Estonian: tall (et) Finnish: karitsa (fi) French: agneau (fr) m. German: Lamm (de) n. Greek: αρνί (el) (arní) n., (archaic) αμνός (el) (amnós) m. Ancient: ἀμνός (amnos) m., ἀρήν (arēn) m. Hebrew: טָלֶה (he) (talé) m. Hindi: बर्रा (hi) (barrā) f., मेमना (hi) (memnā) f. Hungarian: bárány (hu) Icelandic: lamb (is) n. Irish: uan (ga) m. Italian: agnello (it) m., (baby lamb) agnellino (it) m. Kurdish: به‌رخ (ku) (berx) Latin: agnus (la) m. Low German: Lamm (nds) n., Schaaplamm (nds) n., Schooplamm (nds) n., Bählamm (nds) n., (♂) Bucklamm (nds) n., (♀) Aulamm (nds) n. Macedonian: јагне (mk) (jagne) n.

Maltese: ħaruf (mt) m. Mandarin: 羔 (gāo), 羊羔 (cmn) Mongolian: хурга (mn) (hurga) Norwegian: lam (no) n. Old Church Slavonic: агнѧ (agnę) n., агньць (agnĭcĭ) m. Old English: ēan (ang) Old Irish: úan m. Old Norse: lamb n. Polish: jagnię (pl) n. Portuguese: anho (pt) m., cordeiro (pt) m. Romanian: miel (ro) m. Russian: ягнёнок (ru) (yagnionok) m. Scots: lammie Scottish Gaelic: uan (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: јагње n. Roman: jagnje n. Sicilian: agneddu (scn) m. Slovak: jahňa (sk) n. Slovene: jagnje (sl) n. Spanish: cordero (es) m. Swedish: lamm (sv) c. Taos: k’ùo’ȕ’úna Turkish: kuzu (tr) Ukrainian: ягня (uk) n. Uyghur: پاقلان (ug) Volapük: (male or female) jipül (vo), (male) hijipül (vo), (female) jijipül (vo), (male or female, diminutive) jipülil (vo), (obsolete) liäm (vo), (obsolete) smajip (vo), (unweaned male or female) sugajipül (vo), (unweaned male) sugahijipül (vo), (unweaned female) sugajijipül (vo) Welsh: oen (cy) m. West Frisian: lamme (fy) n. Wolof: mbote mi (wo)

flesh of lamb as food

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: jagnjetina (bs) f. Czech: jehněčí (cs) n. Dutch: lam (nl) n., lamsvlees (nl) n. Esperanto: ŝafidaĵo (eo) Finnish: karitsa, karitsanliha French: agneau (fr) m. German: Lamm (de) n., Lammfleisch (de) n. Greek: αρνί (el) (arní) n. Icelandic: lambakjöt (is) n., lamb (is) n. Irish: uaineoil (ga) f. Italian: agnello (it) m. Kurdish: گۆشتی به‌رخ (ku) (goshti berx) Maltese: ħaruf (mt) m.

Mandarin: 羊肉 (cmn) Polish: jagnięcina (pl) f. Romanian: miel (ro) m. Russian: ягнятина (ru) (yagnyatina) f. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-uain f. Serbian: Cyrillic: јагњетина f. Roman: jagnjetina f. Slovene: jagnjetina (sl) f. Swedish: lamm (sv) n., lammkött (sv) n. Turkish: kuzu (tr) Volapük: jipülamit (vo) Welsh: cig oen m.

meek person

Basque: bildots (eu) Finnish: lammas (fi) Greek: αρνί (el) (arní) n.

Russian: овца (ru) Turkish: kuzu (tr)

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• balm
• blam

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n.

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

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

Derived terms

• gimburlamb (female lamb)
• veðurlamb (male lamb)

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Gothic

Romanization

lamb

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lamp/
• Rhymes: -amp

Noun

lamb n. (genitive singular lambs, plural lömb)

1. a lamb

Declension

declension of lamb

n-s	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

Derived terms

• launa lambið gráa
• ljúfur sem lamb
• vatna lömbum (confer the Old Norse krjúpa at keldu)

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Old English

Alternative forms

• lomb

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n.

1. lamb

Declension

    Declension of lamb (strong z-stem)

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

Descendants

• English: lamb

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n.

1. a lamb

Descendants

Danish: lam (da) (Old Danish lamb) Faroese: lamb (fo) Icelandic: lamb (is)

Norwegian: lam (no) Swedish: lamm (sv); (older and dialectal) lamb (sv) (Old Swedish lamb)