"gam" meaning in Swedish

See gam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish gamber, from Old Norse gammr. Etymology templates: {{ety|sv|:inh|gmq-osw:gamber<ety:inh<non:gammr>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Swedish", "term" : "gamber", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmq-osw" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swedish", "term" : "gam", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sv" }" data-lang="sv" data-title="gam">, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|gamber}} Old Swedish gamber, {{inh|sv|non|gammr}} Old Norse gammr Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} gam c, {{sv-noun|c}} gam c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gam [indefinite, nominative, singular], gams [genitive, indefinite, singular], gamen [definite, nominative, singular], gamens [definite, genitive, singular], gamar [indefinite, nominative, plural], gamars [genitive, indefinite, plural], gamarna [definite, nominative, plural], gamarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in Africa, Europe, Asia and America Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-gam-sv-noun-GT~EU5K1 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Swedish entries with etymon, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Vultures Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Vultures: 73 27
  2. (colloquial) someone who takes advantage of a demise or a bankruptcy, usually in a legal, but, for the affected people, offensive way Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-gam-sv-noun-PllDhqm9 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Swedish entries with etymon, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grågam, gåsgam, lammgam, smutsgam

Inflected forms

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