lambkin

English

Etymology

lamb +‎ -kin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæmkɪn/
• Hyphenation: lamb‧kin

Noun

lambkin (plural lambkins)

1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.
   • 1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38:

     A lambkin's snowy fleece

2. A term of endearment.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28:

     She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.

Translations

a young lamb

• Belarusian: ягня́ n (jahnjá), ягнё n (jahnjó), бара́нчык m (baránčyk) (male)
• Bulgarian: а́гънце n (ágǎnce), а́гне (bg) n (ágne)
• Czech: jehně (cs) n, beránek (cs) m (male)
• Dutch: lammetje (nl) n
• German: Lämmchen (de) n
• Hungarian: bárányka (hu)
• Irish: uainín m
• Latin: agnellus (la) m
• Macedonian: јагне n (jagne)
• Polish: jagnię (pl) n, baranek (pl) m (male)
• Russian: ягнёнок (ru) m (jagnjónok), бара́шек (ru) m (barášek) (male)
• Slovak: jahňa n, baránok m (male)
• Ukrainian: ягня́ (uk) n (jahnjá), ягня́тко (uk) n (jahnjátko), бара́нчик (uk) m (baránčyk) (male)