English edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun edit

laam (plural laams)

  1. The letter ل in the Arabic script.

Anagrams edit

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German leben.

Verb edit

laam

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to live, to be alive
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) to dwell, to reside
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) to live, to exist, to occupy a place

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Further reading edit

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

laam (comparative laamer, superlative laamest)

  1. lame

Declension edit

Declension of laam (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative laam laam laam laame
accusative laame laam laam laame
dative laame laame laame laame
Strong inflection nominative laamer laame laames laame
accusative laame laame laames laame
dative laamem laamer laamem laame

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Further reading edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb.

Noun edit

laam n (plural lammen, diminutive lamke)

  1. lamb

Further reading edit

  • laam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011