лямка

Russian

Etymology

Occurs in such form from the 18th century, ля́ма (ljáma) +‎ -ка (-ka), and with equal signification in Ukrainian ля́мка (ljámka), ля́ма (ljáma) and Belarusian ля́мка (ljámka).

Probably connected to Finnish lämsä and Karelian lamca and its Sami origins, while the similarity to Polish lamówka (“border, edging”) is coincidental, though there be a homonymic Belarusian ля́мка (ljámka, “edge, ridge”) borrowed from Polish lama, lamka (“fringe, hem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲamkə]

Noun

ля́мка • (ljámka) f inan (genitive ля́мки, nominative plural ля́мки, genitive plural ля́мок)

1. strap, sling, tug

Declension

Declension of ля́мка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́мка ljámka	ля́мки ljámki
genitive	ля́мки ljámki	ля́мок ljámok
dative	ля́мке ljámke	ля́мкам ljámkam
accusative	ля́мку ljámku	ля́мки ljámki
instrumental	ля́мкой, ля́мкою ljámkoj, ljámkoju	ля́мками ljámkami
prepositional	ля́мке ljámke	ля́мках ljámkax

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: ле̄ӎӎьк (liem̥m̥’k)

References

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1990), “лямка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 6 (лі́ра – мая́чыць), Minsk: Navuka i technika
• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “лямка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 498
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лямка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress