lamb
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (compare Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”)), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én. More at elk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lamb (plural lambs or (dialectal) lamber or (dialectal) lambren)
- A young sheep.
- The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
- A simple, unsophisticated person.
- (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
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Verb[edit]
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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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun[edit]
lamb n (genitive singular lambs, plural lomb)
- lamb (both the animal and meat)
- kid (baby goat)
- (playing cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- gimburlamb (female lamb)
- veðurlamb (male lamb)
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
lamb
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lamb n (genitive singular lambs, nominative plural lömb)
- a lamb
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- launa lambið gráa
- ljúfur sem lamb
- vatna lömbum (compare the Old Norse krjúpa at keldu)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lamb (plural lambes or lamber or lambren)
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
lamb n (definite singular lambet, indefinite plural lamb, definite plural lamba or lambi)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by lam
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lamb n (nominative plural lambru)
Declension[edit]
West Saxon:
Anglian:
Descendants[edit]
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz, whence also Old Saxon lamb, Old English lamb, Old Norse lamb, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb)
Noun[edit]
lamb n
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lamb | lembir |
accusative | lamb | lembir |
genitive | lambes | lembiro |
dative | lambe | lembirum, lembirom |
instrumental | lambu, lambo | lembirum, lembirom |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun[edit]
lamb n (genitive lambs, plural lǫmb)
- a lamb
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun[edit]
lamb n
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lamb | lambiru |
accusative | lamb | lambiru |
genitive | lambes | lambirō |
dative | lambe | lambirum |
instrumental | — | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Low German: Lamm
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Finance
- English slang
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Baby animals
- en:Meats
- en:People
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Foods
- fo:Meats
- fo:Sheep
- fo:Stýrivolt
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Baby animals
- is:Sheep
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Baby animals
- enm:Meats
- enm:Sheep
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1938 forms
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English neuter nouns
- Old English z-stem nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German neuter nouns
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- non:Sheep
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon neuter nouns
- Old Saxon z-stem nouns