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Webster 1913 Edition

Lamb

Noun.

[AS.

lamb

; akin to D. & Dan.

lam

, G. & Sw.

lamm

, OS., Goth., & Icel.

lamb

(Zool.)

The young of the sheep.

Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.

Lamb of God

The Lamb

(Script.)

the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.

The twelve apostles of

the Lamb

Rev. xxi. 14.

–

Lamb’s lettuce

(Bot.)

an annual plant with small obovate leaves (

Valerianella olitoria

), often used as a salad; corn salad.

[Written also

lamb lettuce

–

Lamb's tongue

a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.

Knight.

–

Lamb's wool

(a)

The wool of a lamb.

(b)

Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; – probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.

[Obs.]

Goldsmith.

Lamb

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Lambed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Lambing

To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Definition 2024

Lamb

See also: lamb

English

Proper noun

Lamb

A surname.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lamb

(Christianity) Jesus; the Lamb of God
- 1611, King James Bible, Revelation 12:10-11
  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Synonyms

(Jesus): Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God, Agnus Dei

lamb

See also: Lamb

English

A sheep and lambs.

A lamb.

Noun

lamb ‎(plural lambs or (dialectal) lamber or (dialectal) lambren)

A young sheep.
The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
(figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
A simple, unsophisticated person.
(finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

Derived terms

lamblike
lamb's lettuce
lamb's tongue

Translations

young sheep

Albanian: qengj (sq), sheleg (sq)
Arabic: حَمَل m ‎(ḥamal), خَرُوف m ‎(ḵarūf)

Egyptian Arabic: أُوزي m ‎(ouzi)

Moroccan Arabic: خْروف m ‎(ḵrof), خْروفة f ‎(ḵrofa)
Armenian: գառ (hy) ‎(gaṙ)
Old Armenian: գառն ‎(gaṙn)
Aromanian: njel
Asturian: corderu m
Azeri: quzu (az)
Bakhtiari: بره ‎(bare)
Basque: arkume (eu) n
Belarusian: ягня́ n ‎(jahnjá), бара́нчык m ‎(baránčyk)
Breton: oan (br) m
Bulgarian: а́гне (bg) n ‎(ágne)
Burmese: သိုးကလေး (my) ‎(sui:ka.le:), သိုးသား (my) ‎(sui:sa:)
Catalan: xai (ca) m, anyell (ca), corder (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羊羔 (zh) ‎(yánggāo), 羔 (zh) ‎(gāo), 羔羊 (zh) ‎(gāoyáng)
Classical Nahuatl: ichcaconētl
Cornish: on m
Czech: jehně (cs) n, beránek (cs) m
Dalmatian: anjial m, sugol m
Danish: lam (da) n
Dutch: lam (nl) n, lammetje (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝafido
Estonian: tall (et)
Faroese: lamb n
Finnish: karitsa (fi)
French: agneau (fr) m, agnelle (fr) f
Old French: agniau m
Friulian: agnel m
Galician: año (gl) m, rexelo (gl) m, neixente m,cordeiro (gl) m, carruxo m, añagota f
Georgian: ბატკანი ‎(baṭḳani)
German: Lamm (de) n
Greek: αρνί (el) n ‎(arní)
Ancient: ἀμνός m ‎(amnós), ἀρήν m ‎(arḗn)
Hebrew: טָלֶה (he) m ‎(talé), שֶׂה (he) m ‎(se)
Hindi: बर्रा (hi) f ‎(barrā), मेमना (hi) f ‎(memnā)
Hungarian: bárány (hu)
Icelandic: lamb (is) n
Ido: (♂♀) mutonyuno (io), (♂) mutonyunulo, (♀) mutonyunino
Indonesian: anak domba (id)
Ingrian: voonna
Irish: uan (ga) m
Old Irish: úan m
Italian: agnello (it) m, (baby lamb) agnellino m, agnella f
Japanese: 子羊 ‎(こひつじ, kohitsuji), 小羊 ‎(こひつじ, kohitsuji), ラム ‎(ramu)
Norman: angné m
Korean:
Kurdish:

Kurmanji: berx (ku), бәрх ‎(berx)

Sorani: به‌رخ (ku) ‎(berx)

Latin: agnus (la) m, agnellus m
Latvian: jērs m
Livonian: ūoņki
Low German: Lamm (nds) n, Schaaplamm n, Schooplamm n, Bählamm n, (♂) Bucklamm n, (♀) Aulamm n
Macedonian: ја́гне n ‎(jágne)
Maltese: ħaruf m
Manx: eayn m
Maori: reme
Megleno-Romanian: ńel m
Mongolian: хурга (mn) ‎(hurga)
Navajo: dibé yázhí
Norwegian: lam (no) n
Occitan: anhèl (oc) m, anhèla f
Old Church Slavonic: агнѧ n ‎(agnę), агньць m ‎(agnĭcĭ)
Old English: ēan
Old Norse: lamb n
Persian: بره (fa) ‎(barre, bare)
Polish: jagnię (pl) n, baranek (pl) m
Portuguese: anho (pt) m, cordeiro (pt) m
Romanian: miel (ro) m, mioară (ro) f, mia (ro) f
Romansch: agnè m, tschut m
Russian: ягнёнок (ru) m ‎(jagnjónok), а́гнец (ru) m ‎(ágnec) (archaic, biblical), бара́шек (ru) m ‎(barášek)
Sardinian: angione m, anzone m
Scots: lammie
Scottish Gaelic: uan m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: јагње n (Bosnian, Serbian), јање n (Croatian)

Roman: jagnje (sh) n (Bosnian, Serbian), janje (sh) n (Croatian)
Sicilian: agneddu (scn) m
Slovak: jahňa n, baránok m
Slovene: jágnje (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jagnje n
Spanish: cordero (es) m
Svan: ჟინაღ ‎(žinaɣ)
Swedish: lamm (sv) c
Taos: k’ùo’ȕ’úna
Turkish: kuzu (tr)
Ukrainian: ягня́ (uk) n ‎(jahnjá), бара́нчик (uk) m ‎(baránčyk)
Uyghur: پاقلان ‎(paqlan)
Venetian: agneło m, agnel, gnel, ciot m, gnelot m
Vietnamese: cừu con, cừu non
Volapük: (♂♀) jipül (vo), (♂) hijipül, (♀) jijipül, (diminutive ♂♀) jipülil (vo), (obsolete) liäm, (obsolete) smajip, (unweaned ♂♀) sugajipül, (unweaned ♂) sugahijipül, (unweaned ♀) sugajijipül
Votic: talli, võdna
Walloon: bedot (wa) m, agnea (wa) m
Welsh: oen (cy) m
West Frisian: lamme n
Wolof: mbote mi (wo)
Yiddish: לאַם n ‎(lam)
Zazaki: kavırek

flesh of lamb as food

Albanian:
Asturian: corderu m
Belarusian: ягня́ціна f ‎(jahnjácina)
Catalan: xai (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 羊肉 ‎(joeng⁴ juk⁶)

Mandarin: 羊肉 (zh) ‎(yángròu)
Czech: jehněčí n
Dutch: lam (nl) n, lamsvlees (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝafidaĵo
Finnish: karitsa (fi), karitsanliha
French: agneau (fr) m
Georgian: ბატკნის ხორცი ‎(baṭḳnis xorci)
German: Lamm (de) n, Lammfleisch (de) n
Greek: αρνί (el) n ‎(arní)
Hebrew: טָלֶה (he) m ‎(talé)
Icelandic: lambakjöt (is) n, lamb (is) n
Ido: mutonyunokarno
Irish: uaineoil f
Italian: agnello (it) m
Japanese: ラム ‎(ramu), 羊肉 (ja) ‎(ようにく, yōniku)
Korean: 양고기 (ko) ‎(yanggogi)
Kurdish:
Sorani: گۆشتی به‌رخ ‎(goshti berx)

Maltese: ħaruf m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lammekjøtt n

Nynorsk: lammekjøt n, lammekjøtt n
Mongolian:
Polish: jagnięcina (pl) f
Portuguese: cordeiro (pt) m
Romanian: miel (ro) m
Russian: бара́нина (ru) f ‎(baránina), ягня́тина (ru) f ‎(jagnjátina)
Scottish Gaelic: feòil-uain f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: јагњетина f

Roman: jagnjetina (sh) f
Slovene: jágnjetina, jagnjetína f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jagnjece měso, jagnjeśina f
Spanish: cordero (es) m, carne de cordero f
Swedish: lamm (sv) n, lammkött (sv) n
Turkish: kuzu (tr)
Tuvan: хураган ‎(huragan)
Volapük: jipülamit
Welsh: cig oen m

meek person

Basque: bildots (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羔羊 (zh) ‎(gāoyáng)
Finnish: lammas (fi)
Greek: αρνάκι (el) n ‎(arnáki)

Portuguese: cordeiro (pt) m
Romanian: mielușel (ro) m
Russian: овца́ (ru) f ‎(ovcá), ове́чка (ru) f ‎(ovéčka), ягнёнок (ru) m ‎(jagnjónok), а́гнец (ru) m ‎(ágnec)
Turkish: kuzu (tr)

Verb

lamb ‎(third-person singular simple present lambs, present participle lambing, simple past and past participle lambed)

(intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
(transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

Translations

of a sheep, to give birth

Dutch: lammeren (nl)

Finnish: karitsoida
French: mettre bas (fr)

Anagrams

balm
blam

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

lamb n (genitive singular lambs, plural lomb)

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

Declension

n8	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lamb	lambið	lomb	lombini
Accusative	lamb	lambið	lomb	lombini
Dative	lambi	lambinum	lombum	lombunum
Genitive	lambs	lambsins	lamba	lambanna

Derived terms

gimburlamb (female lamb)
veðurlamb (male lamb)

Gothic

Romanization

lamb

Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lamp/
Rhymes: -amp

Noun

lamb n ‎(genitive singular lambs, nominative plural lömb)

a lamb

Declension

declension of lamb

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	lamb	lambið	lömb	lömbin
accusative	lamb	lambið	lömb	lömbin
dative	lambi	lambinu	lömbum	lömbunum
genitive	lambs	lambsins	lamba	lambanna

Derived terms

launa lambið gráa
ljúfur sem lamb
vatna lömbum (compare the Old Norse krjúpa at keldu)

Old English

Alternative forms

lomb

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n

lamb

Declension

Declension of lamb (strong z-stem)

Case	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 (genitive lambs, plural lǫmb)

a lamb

Declension

Declension of lamb (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lamb	lambit	lǫmb	lǫmbin
accusative	lamb	lambit	lǫmb	lǫmbin
dative	lambi	lambinu	lǫmbum	lǫmbunum
genitive	lambs	lambsins	lamba	lambanna

Descendants

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

Norwegian: lam
Swedish: lamm; (older and dialectal) lamb (Old Swedish lamb)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n

lamb

Declension

Declension of lamb (strong z-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	lamb	lambiru
accusative	lamb	lambiru
genitive	lambes	lambirō
dative	lambe	lambirum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Low German: Lamm

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Webster 1913 Edition

Lamb

Lamb

Lamb

Definition 2024

Lamb

Lamb

English

Proper noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Synonyms

lamb

lamb

English

Noun

Derived terms

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Verb

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Faroese

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Gothic

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Old English

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Etymology

Noun

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Old Norse

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Noun

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Old Saxon

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