laam

English

Etymology

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun

laam (plural laams)

1. The letter ل in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• amla, ALMA, alma, lama, Amal, Alam, Alma, Lama, mala, LAMA

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German leben.

Verb

laam

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

Related terms

• Laam
• Laabtooch

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːm/

Adjective

laam (comparative laamer, superlative laamest)

1. lame

Declension

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

Derived terms

• laamgehn

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

laam n (plural lammen, diminutive lamke)

1. lamb

Further reading

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