lamm
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Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz. Cognate with German lahm, Dutch lam, English lame, Swedish lam.
Adjective
lamm
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 65.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -am
Verb
lamm
Etymology
From Old Swedish lamb, from Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos.
Pronunciation
Noun
lamm n
- a lamb
- lamb (as part of a dish – might get qualified as lammkött ["lamb meat"] otherwise)
- (Gotland) a sheep
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of lamm
Derived terms
- dilamm
- from som ett lamm (“gentle as a lamb”)
- lamma
- lammkött
- lammull
- påskalamm (“Passover Lamb, Passover lamb, Paschal Lamb”)
References
Anagrams
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