Lamb

English

File:Mudchute farm sheep with lambs.jpg

A sheep and lambs.

Etymology

Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lamƀaz (cf. Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lh₁onbhos (cf. Scottish Gaelic lon), from *h₁elh₁ḗn, -nós. More at elk.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/

• Audio (US)	noicon
  (file)

• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

Singular Lamb

Plural {{{1}}}

Lamb ({{{1}}})

1. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
2. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
3. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

Derived terms

• lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter
• lamblike

Translations

young sheep

Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnos) m., ἀρήν (arēn) m. Arabic: خَرُوف ar(ar) (kharuuf) m. Armenian: գառ hy(hy) (gaṙ) Old Armenian: գառն (gaṙn) Basque: arkume eu(eu) n. Bosnian: jagnje bs(bs) n. Bulgarian: агне bg(bg) (ágne) n. Catalan: [1,2] xai m. (ca), anyell m, lit. (ca), corder ca(ca) m. Chinese: 羔 (gāo) Cornish: ôn kw(kw) Croatian: janje hr(hr) n. Czech: jehně cs(cs) n. Danish: lam da(da) n. Dutch: lam nl(nl) n., lammetje nl(nl) n. Esperanto: ŝafido eo(eo) Estonian: tall et(et) Finnish: karitsa fi(fi) French: agneau fr(fr) m. German: Lamm de(de) n. Greek: αρνί el(el) (arní) n., αμνός el(el) m. Hungarian: bárány hu(hu) Icelandic: lamb is(is) n. Irish: uan ga(ga) m. Italian: agnello it(it) m., (baby lamb) agnellino it(it) m. Kurdish: به‌رخ ku(ku) (berx) Latin: agnus la(la) m. Macedonian: јагне mk(mk) (jagne) n.

Maltese: ħaruf mt(mt) m. Mongolian: хурга mn(mn) (hurga) Old Church Slavonic: [[агнѧ#Old Church Slavonic|Template:Cyrs]] (agnę) n., [[агньць#Old Church Slavonic|Template:Cyrs]] (agnĭcĭ) m. Old English: ēan ang(ang) Old Irish: [[úan#Template:Sga|úan]] m. Old Norse: lamb n. Polish: jagnię pl(pl) n. Portuguese: anho pt(pt) m., cordeiro pt(pt) m. Romanian: miel ro(ro) m. Russian: ягнёнок ru(ru) (yagnionok) m. Scots: lammie Scottish Gaelic: uan gd(gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: јагње n. Roman: jagnje n. Sicilian: agneddu scn(scn) m. Slovene: jagnje sl(sl) n. Spanish: cordero es(es) m. Swedish: lamm sv(sv) c. Taos: k’ùo’ȕ’úna Turkish: kuzu tr(tr) Ukrainian: ягня uk(uk) n. Volapük: jipül vo(vo) Welsh: oen cy(cy) m. West Frisian: lamme fy(fy) n.

flesh of lamb as food

Bosnian: jagnjetina bs(bs) f. Czech: jehněčí cs(cs) n. Dutch: lam nl(nl) n., lamsvlees nl(nl) n. Esperanto: ŝafidaĵo eo(eo) Finnish: karitsa, karitsanliha French: agneau fr(fr) m. German: Lamm de(de) n., Lammfleisch de(de) n. Icelandic: lambakjöt is(is) n., lamb is(is) n. Irish: uaineoil ga(ga) f. Italian: agnello it(it) m. Kurdish: گۆشتی به‌رخ ku(ku) (goshti berx) Maltese: ħaruf mt(mt) m.

Polish: jagnięcina pl(pl) f. Russian: ягнятина ru(ru) (yagnyatina) f. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-uain f. Serbian: Cyrillic: јагњетина f. Roman: jagnjetina f. Slovene: jagnjetina sl(sl) f. Swedish: lamm sv(sv) n., lammkött sv(sv) n. Turkish: kuzu tr(tr) Volapük: jipülamit vo(vo) Welsh: cig oen m.

meek person

Basque: bildots eu(eu) Finnish: lammas fi(fi)

Turkish: kuzu tr(tr)

Verb

Infinitive to Lamb

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Lamb (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

   The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

Anagrams

• ablm,
• balm
• blam

---

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

Lamb n.

1. lamb (both the animal and meat)
2. (cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)

Declension

Template:Fo-decl-noun-n8

---

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lamp/

  Rhymes: -amp

Noun

Template:Is-noun

1. lamb

Declension

Template:Is-decl-noun-base

Derived terms

• launa lambið gráa
• ljúfur sem lamb

---

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

Lamb n.

1. lamb

Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	lamb	lambru
accusative	lamb	lambru
genitive	lambes	lambra
dative	lambe	lambrum

Descendants

• English: lamb

---

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

Lamb n.

1. lamb

Descendants

Danish: lam (Old Danish lamb) Faroese: lamb Icelandic: lamb

Norwegian: lam Swedish: lamm; (older and dialectal) lamb (Old Swedish [[lamb#Template:Gmq-osw|lamb]])

af:lamb ang:lamb ar:lamb cs:lamb co:lamb et:lamb el:lamb fa:lamb fr:lamb ko:lamb io:lamb is:lamb it:lamb sw:lamb lt:lamb li:lamb hu:lamb ml:lamb my:lamb nl:lamb no:lamb oc:lamb pl:lamb pt:lamb ru:lamb scn:lamb fi:lamb sv:lamb ta:lamb te:lamb tr:lamb vi:lamb wo:lamb zh:lamb