lam

az-noun

lam (definite accusative lamı, plural lamlar)

lamı (accusative definite)
lamlar (plural)
lam (nominative singular)
lamlar (nominative plural)
lamı (accusative definite singular)
lamları (accusative definite plural)
lama (dative singular)
lamlara (dative plural)
lamda (locative singular)
lamlarda (locative plural)
lamdan (ablative singular)
lamlardan (ablative plural)
lamın (definite genitive singular)
lamların (definite genitive plural)
lamım (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarım (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
lamın (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamların (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamı (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamları (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınız (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınız (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamı (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamları (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamları (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
lamımı (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarımı (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lamını (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamını (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınızı (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınızı (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarını (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
lamıma (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarıma (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lamına (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamlarına (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamına (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamlarına (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınıza (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınıza (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarına (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
lamımda (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarımda (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
lamında (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamlarında (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamında (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamlarında (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınızda (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınızda (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarında (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
lamımdan (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarımdan (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lamından (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamından (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınızdan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınızdan (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarından (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
lamımın (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
lamlarımın (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
lamının (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
lamlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lamının (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lamlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lamımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
lamlarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
lamınızın (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
lamlarınızın (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lamının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
lamlarının (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


lam

lam (positive)
lamt (positive)
lamme (plural positive)
lamme (positive)

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


lam

head

lam n (singular definite lammet, plural indefinite lam)

lammet (definite singular)
lam (indefinite plural)
lam (indefinite nominative singular)
lammet (definite nominative singular)
lam (indefinite nominative plural)
lammene (definite nominative plural)
lams (genitive indefinite singular)
lammets (definite genitive singular)
lams (genitive indefinite plural)
lammenes (definite genitive plural)


lam

(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

nl-noun

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje n)

lammeren (plural)
lammetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: lam, lamtje

→ Papiamentu: lamchi, lammetsje

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


lam

nl-adj

lam (comparative lammer, superlative lamst)

lammer (comparative)
lamst (superlative)
lam (adverbial positive predicative)
lammer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het lamst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het lamste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lamme (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
lammere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
lamste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
lam (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lammer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lamste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lamme (indefinite plural positive)
lammere (comparative indefinite plural)
lamste (indefinite plural superlative)
lamme (definite positive)
lammere (comparative definite)
lamste (definite superlative)
lams (partitive positive)
lammers (comparative partitive)

Negerhollands: lam

→ Caribbean Javanese: lam

→ Papiamentu: lam

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


lam

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.

They lammed each other on the head with great, clumsy stone hammers; but their skulls were so hard that the hammers bounced off again […]

1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998, Chapter:

(transitive, informal) To beat or thrash.

[Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!

1947, Bill Finger, World's Finest Comics #30, "The Penny Plunderers!", p. 4

[…]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.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:

(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.

en-verb

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

lams (present singular third-person)
lamming (participle present)
lammed (participle past)
lammed (past)

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


lam

on the lam


lam

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

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


lam

Dutch: lam

Limburgish: lamb

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


lam

lam (adjective indefinite masculine nominative)
lamme (adjective feminine indefinite nominative)
lam (adjective indefinite neuter nominative)
lamme (adjective indefinite nominative plural)
lamme (adjective definite masculine nominative)
lamme (adjective definite feminine nominative)
lammen (accusative adjective indefinite masculine)
lamme (accusative adjective feminine indefinite)
lam (accusative adjective indefinite neuter)
lamme (accusative adjective indefinite plural)
lamme (accusative adjective definite masculine)
lams (adjective genitive indefinite masculine)
lammer (adjective feminine genitive indefinite)
lams (adjective genitive indefinite neuter)
lammer (adjective genitive indefinite plural)
lams (adjective definite genitive masculine)
lammen (adjective definite genitive masculine)
lams (adjective definite feminine genitive)
lammen (adjective definite feminine genitive)
lammen (adjective dative masculine)
lammer (adjective dative feminine)
lammen (adjective dative neuter)
lammen (adjective dative plural)

Dutch: lam

Limburgish: laam

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


lam

head

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

lamt (neuter singular)
lamme (definite plural singular)


lam

lammet (definite singular)
lam (indefinite plural)
lamma (definite plural)
lammene (definite plural)


lam

(by extension, Christianity, figurative) Christ as sacrificial lamb

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


lam

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lam

lām (canonical neuter)
lām (nominative singular)
lām (nominative plural)
lām (accusative singular)
lām (accusative plural)
lāmes (genitive singular)
lāma (genitive plural)
lāme (dative singular)
lāmum (dative plural)

English: loam


lam

Middle High German: lam

Alemannic German: lamm

German: lahm

Hunsrik: laam

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


lam

Old Chinese: 冘 (*lum) (ZS) ("to move on")

Middle Chinese: 冘 (jiɪm)

Modern Mandarin

Beijing: 冘 (yín) /in³⁵/

North Assam

Tani

/*lam/ ("road") (Sun, 1993)

Kuki-Chin

/*lam/ ("way, path, road") (VanBik, 2009)

Himalayish

Tibeto-Kanauri

Bodic

Tibetan: ལམ (lam, “road, way”) /lam˩˧/

Dzongkha: ལམ (lam, “road, way”) /lam˩/

Kiranti

/*ʔlam/ ("road, path") (Opgenort, 2011)

Jingpho-Asakian

Jingpho

Jingpho [Kachin]: lam (“road, way”)

Sal

Bodo-Garo

Garo: rama (“road”)

Lolo-Burmese-Naxi

Lolo-Burmese

Burmish

desc

Burmese: လမ်း (lam:, “road, way, route”) /láɴ/, လှမ်း (hlam:, “to step, to pace”)

* Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
** Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *lam (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)


lam

first-person singular/plural imperfect indicative of la


lam

Det var ett lamt försök. Gör ditt bästa istället!

That was a lame attempt. Do your best instead!

(slang) lame, inefficient, imperfect, almost ridiculously so

sv-adj

lam (comparative lamare, superlative lamast)
sv:sv-adj

lam sv:sv-adj (canonical)
lamare (comparative)
lamast (superlative)
lam (indefinite positive)
lamare (comparative indefinite)
lamast (indefinite superlative)
lamt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lamare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lamast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lama (indefinite plural positive)
lamare (comparative indefinite plural)
lamast (indefinite plural superlative)
lame (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
lamare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
lamast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
lame (definite masculine positive singular)
lamare (comparative definite masculine singular)
lamaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
lama (definite positive)
lamare (comparative definite)
lamaste (definite superlative)

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


lam

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


lam

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”).


lam

(architecture) louvers, blinds, shutters


lam

lams (nominative plural)
lam (nominative singular)
lams (nominative plural)
lama (genitive singular)
lamas (genitive plural)
lame (dative singular)
lames (dative plural)
lami (accusative singular)
lamis (accusative plural)
o lam! (singular vocative)
o lams! (plural vocative)
lamu (predicative singular)
lamus (plural predicative)

Borrowed from German Arm and English arm.