lam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"

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Translingual

Symbol

lam

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læm/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

lamm

Verb

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

(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 […]
(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

lam (plural lams)

(slang) A flight or escape.
on the lam

Derived terms

Translations

To beat or thrash

Bulgarian: бия (bg) (bija), пердаша (bg) (perdaša)
Spanish: paliza (es) f, golpiza (es) f

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lam (plural lams)

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

Anagrams

ALM, AML, M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., alm, mal, mal-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lam/
Audio: (file)

Noun

lam (plural lammers)

lamb

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun

lam (definite accusative lamı, plural lamlar)

the Arabic letter ل

Declension

Declension of lam
	singular	plural
nominative	lam	lamlar
definite accusative	lamı	lamları
dative	lama	lamlara
locative	lamda	lamlarda
ablative	lamdan	lamlardan
definite genitive	lamın	lamların

Possessive forms of lam
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamım	lamlarım
sənin (“your”)	lamın	lamların
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamı	lamları
bizim (“our”)	lamımız	lamlarımız
sizin (“your”)	lamınız	lamlarınız
onların (“their”)	lamı or lamları	lamları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamımı	lamlarımı
sənin (“your”)	lamını	lamlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamını	lamlarını
bizim (“our”)	lamımızı	lamlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	lamınızı	lamlarınızı
onların (“their”)	lamını or lamlarını	lamlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamıma	lamlarıma
sənin (“your”)	lamına	lamlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamına	lamlarına
bizim (“our”)	lamımıza	lamlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	lamınıza	lamlarınıza
onların (“their”)	lamına or lamlarına	lamlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamımda	lamlarımda
sənin (“your”)	lamında	lamlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamında	lamlarında
bizim (“our”)	lamımızda	lamlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	lamınızda	lamlarınızda
onların (“their”)	lamında or lamlarında	lamlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamımdan	lamlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	lamından	lamlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamından	lamlarından
bizim (“our”)	lamımızdan	lamlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	lamınızdan	lamlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	lamından or lamlarından	lamlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lamımın	lamlarımın
sənin (“your”)	lamının	lamlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	lamının	lamlarının
bizim (“our”)	lamımızın	lamlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	lamınızın	lamlarınızın
onların (“their”)	lamının or lamlarının	lamlarının

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lam/, [lɑmˀ]

Adjective

lam

lame

Inflection

Inflection of *lam*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite 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

lam i roen

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lamb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lam/, [lɑmˀ]

Noun

lam n (singular definite lammet, plural indefinite lam)

lamb

Declension

Declension of lam

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lam	lammet	lam	lammene
genitive	lams	lammets	lams	lammenes

Derived terms

påskelam (“Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑm/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: lam
Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje n)

lamb, the young of a sheep
(metonymically) the meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat
(figuratively) a gentle person, especially an innocent child

Derived terms

Descendants

Negerhollands: lam, lamtje
→ Papiamentu: lamchi, lammetsje

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lam (comparative lammer, superlative lamst)

lame, unable to move, paralyzed
(informal) very drunk

Declension

Declension 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

Descendants

Negerhollands: lam
→ Caribbean Javanese: lam
→ Papiamentu: lam

Anagrams

mal

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lám/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láŋ]

Noun

lam f

lam (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Kokborok

Noun

lam

way

References

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

Limilngan

Noun

lam

frilled-neck lizard

References

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lam n

lamb

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

lamp

Descendants

Dutch: lam
Limburgish: lamb

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lam

lame
weak, strengthless

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	lam	lamme	lam	lamme
Nominative	Definite	lamme	lamme	lamme	lamme
Accusative	Indefinite	lammen	lamme	lam	lamme
Accusative	Definite	lammen	lamme	lamme	lamme
Genitive	Indefinite	lams	lammer	lams	lammer
Genitive	Definite	lams, lammen	lammer	lams, lammen	lammer
Dative		lammen	lammer	lammen	lammen

Alternative forms

lāem

Descendants

Dutch: lam
Limburgish: laam

Mokilese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlam/

Noun

lam

lagoon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lami.

Adjective

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

paralysed / paralyzed, crippled

Related terms

lamme (verb)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lamb.

Noun

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

a lamb (young sheep)

Derived terms

lammekjøtt
påskelam (“Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)

Etymology 3

Verb

lam

imperative of lamme

References

“lam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lami.

Adjective

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

paralysed; crippled

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lamb.

Noun

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

a lamb (young sheep)
(by extension, Christianity, figurative) Christ as sacrificial lamb

Derived terms

lammekjøt, lammekjøtt
påskelam (“Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lam

imperative of lamma (to lamb)
imperative of lamma (to paralyze)

References

“lam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laimą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑːm/

Noun

lām n

clay, loam

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lām	lām
accusative	lām	lām
genitive	lāmes	lāma
dative	lāme	lāmum

Descendants

English: loam

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

lam

lame

Descendants

Middle High German: lam
- Alemannic German: lamm
- German: lahm
- Hunsrik: laam

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlam/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: lam

Noun

lam f

genitive plural of lama

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lam]

Verb

lam

first-person singular/plural imperfect indicative of la

Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

lam (comparative lamare, superlative lamast)

lame, unable to move any limbs
(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

Inflection of **lam**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	lam	lamare	lamast
neuter singular	lamt	lamare	lamast
plural	lama	lamare	lamast
masculine plural²	lame	lamare	lamast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	lame	lamare	lamaste
all	lama	lamare	lamaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Anagrams

LMA, alm, mal

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English lamp.

Noun

lam

lamp

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun

lam

Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ل

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːm˧˧]

Etymology 1

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

lam

(uncommon) blue
Synonym: xanh dương

Usage notes

The word is not used very often. The most common use of it is to refer to one of the seven colors of a rainbow, as in the listing "đỏ, cam, vàng, lục, lam, chàm, tím".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

lam • (𥜓)

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

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Arm and English arm.

Noun

lam (nominative plural lams)

arm
blade
sharp blade

Declension

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

Noun

lam

Soft mutation of llam.

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llam*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llam	lam	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yámana

Noun

lam

sun

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

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Verb

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Hausa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Kokborok

Noun

References

Limilngan

Noun

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms