"camb" meaning in Old English

See camb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɑmb/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz. Cognate with Old Saxon camb, Dutch kam, Old High German chamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr (Swedish kam); and with Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), Russian зуб (zub). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kamb}} Proto-West Germanic *kamb, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kambaz}} Proto-Germanic *kambaz, {{cog|osx|camb}} Old Saxon camb, {{cog|nl|kam}} Dutch kam, {{cog|goh|chamb}} Old High German chamb, {{cog|de|Kamm}} German Kamm, {{cog|non|kambr}} Old Norse kambr, {{cog|sv|kam}} Swedish kam, {{cog|grc|γόμφος|t=pin}} Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), {{cog|xcl|ծամեմ|sc=Armn|t=to chew}} Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), {{cog|ru|зуб}} Russian зуб (zub) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} camb m, {{ang-noun|m}} camb m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|camb}}, {{ang-decl-noun|camb|cambas|camb|cambas|cambes|camba|cambe|cambum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], camb [nominative, singular], cambas [nominative, plural], camb [accusative, singular], cambas [accusative, plural], cambes [genitive, singular], camba [genitive, plural], cambe [dative, singular], cambum [dative, plural]
  1. comb Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-camb-ang-noun-704~UHmD
  2. crest of a helmet, bird, etc Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-camb-ang-noun-seurLAQd Disambiguation of Hair: 17 83 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comb Derived forms: cemban, horscamb, huniġcamb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for camb meaning in Old English (4.4kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cemban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "horscamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "huniġcamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "comb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: comb, combe, kombe, camb, kambe, cambe\nEnglish: comb\nScots: camb, came, kame, kaim, kem\nYola: cowm, khime",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: comb, combe, kombe, camb, kambe, cambe\nEnglish: comb\nScots: camb, came, kame, kaim, kem\nYola: cowm, khime"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kamb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kambaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kambaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "camb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon camb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "chamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German chamb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kamm"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kamm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kambr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kambr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish kam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γόμφος",
        "t": "pin"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծամեմ",
        "sc": "Armn",
        "t": "to chew"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "зуб"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian зуб (zub)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.\nCognate with Old Saxon camb, Dutch kam, Old High German chamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr (Swedish kam); and with Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), Russian зуб (zub).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "camb m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "camb m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "camb"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "camb",
        "2": "cambas",
        "3": "camb",
        "4": "cambas",
        "5": "cambes",
        "6": "camba",
        "7": "cambe",
        "8": "cambum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "comb"
      ],
      "id": "en-camb-ang-noun-704~UHmD",
      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "ang:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, The Wonders of the East",
          "text": "Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crest of a helmet, bird, etc"
      ],
      "id": "en-camb-ang-noun-seurLAQd",
      "links": [
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑmb/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "comb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camb"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ang:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cemban"
    },
    {
      "word": "horscamb"
    },
    {
      "word": "huniġcamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "comb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: comb, combe, kombe, camb, kambe, cambe\nEnglish: comb\nScots: camb, came, kame, kaim, kem\nYola: cowm, khime",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: comb, combe, kombe, camb, kambe, cambe\nEnglish: comb\nScots: camb, came, kame, kaim, kem\nYola: cowm, khime"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kamb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kambaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kambaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "camb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon camb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "chamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German chamb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kamm"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kamm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kambr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kambr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kam"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish kam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γόμφος",
        "t": "pin"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծամեմ",
        "sc": "Armn",
        "t": "to chew"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "зуб"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian зуб (zub)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.\nCognate with Old Saxon camb, Dutch kam, Old High German chamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr (Swedish kam); and with Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), Russian зуб (zub).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "camba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cambum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "camb m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "camb m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
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    {
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        "1": "camb"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "camb",
        "2": "cambas",
        "3": "camb",
        "4": "cambas",
        "5": "cambes",
        "6": "camba",
        "7": "cambe",
        "8": "cambum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "comb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, The Wonders of the East",
          "text": "Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crest of a helmet, bird, etc"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑmb/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "comb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camb"
}

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