lamber
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lamber (plural lambers)
- A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
- 2017, Trisha Ashley, The Little Teashop of Lost and Found:
- He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.
- A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
- 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm, page 354:
- The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.
- 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills, page 130:
- The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).
Noun
[edit]lamber (plural lambers)
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin lambere, present active infinitive of lambō (“lick, lap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambín, past participle lambido)
lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambim or lambi, past participle lambido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to lick
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lick one's lips
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lamber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “lamber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lamber”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “lamber” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lamber”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin lambō, lambere.
Verb
[edit]lamber (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאמביר)
- to lick
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]lamber
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambi, past participle lambido)
- to lick
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lamber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambí, past participle lambido)
- Alternative form of lamer
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lamber | ||||||
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gerund | lambiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lambido | lambida | |||||
plural | lambidos | lambidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lambo | lambestú lambésvos |
lambe | lambemos | lambéis | lamben | |
imperfect | lambía | lambías | lambía | lambíamos | lambíais | lambían | |
preterite | lambí | lambiste | lambió | lambimos | lambisteis | lambieron | |
future | lamberé | lamberás | lamberá | lamberemos | lamberéis | lamberán | |
conditional | lambería | lamberías | lambería | lamberíamos | lamberíais | lamberían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lamba | lambastú lambásvos2 |
lamba | lambamos | lambáis | lamban | |
imperfect (ra) |
lambiera | lambieras | lambiera | lambiéramos | lambierais | lambieran | |
imperfect (se) |
lambiese | lambieses | lambiese | lambiésemos | lambieseis | lambiesen | |
future1 | lambiere | lambieres | lambiere | lambiéremos | lambiereis | lambieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | lambetú lambévos |
lamba | lambamos | lambed | lamban | ||
negative | no lambas | no lamba | no lambamos | no lambáis | no lamban |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
[edit]- “lamber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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