lamm

See also: Lamm, łamm, and lamm-

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz. Cognate with German lahm, Dutch lam, English lame, Swedish lam.

Adjective

lamm

1. (Urseren) lame; hobbling, limping

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 65.

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) labm

Etymology

From Middle Cornish lam, from Proto-Celtic *lanxsman. Cognate with Breton lamm, Irish léim, Manx lheim, Scottish Gaelic leum, and Welsh llam.

Noun

lamm m (plural lammow)

1. hop, jump, leap

Derived terms

• bledhen lamm (“leap year”)
• lamma (“jump”, verb)
• lammlen (“parachute”)
• lemmel (“jump”, verb)

Verb

lamm

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of lamma
2. second-person singular imperative of lamma and lemmel

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am

Verb

lamm

1. singular imperative of lammen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of lammen

Swedish

ett lamm

Etymology

From Old Swedish lamb, from Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamː/

• Audio:

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Noun

lamm n

1. a lamb
2. lamb (as part of a dish – might get qualified as lammkött ["lamb meat"] otherwise)
3. (Gotland) a sheep

Usage notes

• On the island Gotland (known for its sheep), lamm is used for sheep and lammunge for lamb.
• damm, lamm and ramm are the three words in Swedish spelled with double final -mm (to avoid confusion with dam, lam and ram).

Declension

Declension of lamm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lamm	lamms
	definite	lammet	lammets
plural	indefinite	lamm	lamms
	definite	lammen	lammens

Derived terms

• dilamm
• from som ett lamm (“gentle as a lamb”)
• lamma
• lammkött
• lammull
• påskalamm (“Passover Lamb, Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)

References

• “lamm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lamm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• malm