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lam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

lam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lamba.

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /læm/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

lam (third-person singular simple present lams, present participle lamming, simple past and past participle lammed)

  1. (transitive, informal) To beat or thrash.
    • 1930, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Mule Bone, Act II, Scene 2, in The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 5: The Plays to 1942: Mulatto to The Sun Do Move, edited by Leslie Catherine Sanders, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002, p. 102,
      An' fo' I knowed it, he done picked up that bone an' lammed me ovah de head wid it.
    • 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998, Chapter:
      They lammed each other on the head with great, clumsy stone hammers; but their skulls were so hard that the hammers bounced off again […]
  2. (intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
    • 1947, Bill Finger, World's Finest Comics #30, "The Penny Plunderers!", p. 4:
      [Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
      […] and she was so mad and so down deep vindictive that she reported to the police some false trumped-up hysterical crazy charge, and Dean had to lam from Hoboken.

Noun edit

lam (plural lams)

  1. (slang) flight, escape
    on the lam
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic لَام (lām), the name of the letter ل (l).

Noun edit

lam (plural lams)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).

Further reading edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch lam.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lam (plural lammers)

  1. lamb

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lami, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lam

  1. lame
Inflection edit
Inflection of lam
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular lam — —2
Indefinite neuter singular lamt — —2
Plural lamme — —2
Definite attributive1 lamme — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse lamb.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lam n (singular definite lammet, plural indefinite lam)

  1. lamb
Declension edit
Declension of lam
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lam lammet lam lammene
genitive lams lammets lams lammenes
Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje n)

  1. lamb, the young of a sheep
  2. (metonymically) The meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat
  3. (figuratively) A gentle person, especially an innocent child
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: lam, lamtje
  • → Papiamentu: lamchi, lammetsje

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch *lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Adjective edit

lam (comparative lammer, superlative lamst)

  1. lame, unable to move, paralyzed
  2. (informal) very drunk
Inflection edit
Inflection of lam
uninflected lam
inflected lamme
comparative lammer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lam lammer het lamst
het lamste
indefinite m./f. sing. lamme lammere lamste
n. sing. lam lammer lamste
plural lamme lammere lamste
definite lamme lammere lamste
partitive lams lammers —
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: lam
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lam
  • → Papiamentu: lam

Anagrams edit

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lam f

  1. lam (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Kokborok edit

Noun edit

lam

  1. way

References edit

  • Binoy Debbarma, Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary (2001)

Limilngan edit

Noun edit

lam

  1. frilled-neck lizard

References edit

  • Mark Harvey, A Grammar of Limilngan: A Language of the Mary River Region, Northern Territory, Australia (2001)

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun edit

lam n

  1. lamb
Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Dutch *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Adjective edit

lam

  1. lame
  2. weak, strengthless
Inflection edit
Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite lam lamme lam lamme
Definite lamme lamme
Accusative Indefinite lammen lamme lam lamme
Definite lamme
Genitive lams lammer lams lammer
Dative lammen lammer lammen lammen
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
  • Dutch: lam
  • Limburgish: laam

Further reading edit

Mokilese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lam

  1. lagoon

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lami.

Adjective edit

lam (neuter singular lamt, definite singular and plural lamme)

  1. paralysed / paralyzed, crippled
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse lamb.

Noun edit

lam n (definite singular lammet, indefinite plural lam, definite plural lamma or lammene)

  1. a lamb (young sheep)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

lam

  1. imperative of lamme

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lami.

Adjective edit

lam (neuter singular lamt, definite singular and plural lamme)

  1. paralysed; crippled

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse lamb.

Noun edit

lam n (definite singular lammet, indefinite plural lam, definite plural lamma)

  1. a lamb (young sheep)
  2. (by extension, Christianity, figurative) Christ as sacrificial lamb
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

lam

  1. imperative of lamma (to lamb)
  2. imperative of lamma (to paralyze)

References edit

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *laimą.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lām n

  1. clay, loam

Declension edit

Declension of lam (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lām lām
accusative lām lām
genitive lāmes lāma
dative lāme lāmum

Descendants edit

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz, whence also Old English lama, Old Norse lami.

Adjective edit

lam

  1. lame

Descendants edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lam f

  1. genitive plural of lama

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lam

  1. first-person singular/plural imperfect indicative of la

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish lamber, from Old Norse lami, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Adjective edit

lam (comparative lamare, superlative lamast)

  1. lame, unable to move any limbs
  2. (slang) lame, inefficient, imperfect, almost ridiculously so
    Det var ett lamt försök. Gör ditt bästa istället!
    That was a lame attempt. Do your best instead!

Declension edit

Inflection of lam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lam lamare lamast
Neuter singular lamt lamare lamast
Plural lama lamare lamast
Masculine plural3 lame lamare lamast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lame lamare lamaste
All lama lamare lamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Anagrams edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English lamp.

Noun edit

lam

  1. lamp

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun edit

lam

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ل

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 藍, from Literary Chinese 藍 (lán), using the same disambiguation of 青 (“grue”) with 藍／蓝 (lán, “blue”) and 綠／绿 (lục, “green”). See also xanh (“grue”).

Adjective edit

lam

  1. (uncommon) blue
    Synonym: xanh dương
Usage notes edit
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

lam • (𥜓)

  1. (architecture) louvers, blinds, shutters
    Synonym: cửa chớp

Volapük edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Arm and English arm.

Noun edit

lam (nominative plural lams)

  1. arm
  2. blade
  3. sharp blade

Declension edit

declension of lam
singular plural
nominative lam lams
genitive lama lamas
dative lame lames
accusative lami lamis
vocative 1 o lam! o lams!
predicative 2 lamu lamus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh edit

Noun edit

lam

  1. Soft mutation of llam.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llam lam unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yámana edit

Noun edit

lam

  1. sun
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