лам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Either a long grade of Bulgarian лом (lom, “fracture, cleft”) or from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lṓˀmas, cognate with Lithuanian lúomas (“fraction, caste, estate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫam]

Noun

лам • (lam) m

1. (dialectal, colloquial) hole, chasm, fault (geological formation)

   Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), трап (trap), ду́па (dúpa), разло́м (razlóm)

Declension

Declension of лам

	singular	plural
indefinite	лам lam	ла́мове, ла́мища lámove, lámišta
definite (subject form)	ла́мът lámǎt	ла́мовете, ла́мищата lámovete, lámištata
definite (object form)	ла́ма láma
count form	—	ла́ма láma

Related terms

• ло́мя (lómja, “to fracture, to spall”) (possibly)

References

• “лам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “лам”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 287

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Chechen

Etymology

From Proto-Nakh *lām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlam/

Noun

лам • (lam) class b2 (plural лаьмнаш)

1. mountain

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Lezgi

Etymology

Akin to Budukh лем (lem).

Noun

лам • (lam)

1. donkey, ass

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama), from Classical Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɮäm/

Noun

лам • (lam) (Mongolian spelling ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama), definite plural лам нар); (regular declension)

1. lama

Declension

    Declension of лам

nominative	лам (lam)
genitive	ламын (lamyn)
substantive genitive	ламд (lamd)
dative-locative	ламыг (lamyg)
definite accusative	ламаас (lamaas)
ablative	ламаар (lamaar)
instrumental	ламтай (lamtaj)
comitative	лам руу (lam ruu)
directional	{{{9}}}

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫam]

• Audio:

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) лам • (lam) f anim pl or m anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of ла́ма (láma)