laam

English

Etymology

From Arabic لَام (lām).

Noun

laam (plural laams)

  1. The letter ل in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German leben.

Verb

laam

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to live, to be alive
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) to dwell, to reside
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) to live, to exist, to occupy a place

Further reading
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔːm/

Adjective

laam (comparative laamer, superlative laamest)

  1. lame

Declension
Declension of laam (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative laam laam laam laame
accusative laame laam laam laame
dative laame laame laame laame
Strong inflection nominative laamer laame laames laame
accusative laame laame laames laame
dative laamem laamer laamem laame

Derived terms
  • laamgehn

Further reading

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

laam n (plural lammen, diminutive lamke)

  1. lamb

Further reading
  • “laam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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