lamb

(Angielski)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A young sheep.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A young goat; a kid.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
5. (countable, uncountable) Lambskin.
6. (countable, uncountable) A simple, unsophisticated person.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/læm/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: lamb

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: lamb

Pokrewny z niderlandzki: lam

Pokrewny z niemiecki: Lamm

Pokrewny z bawarski: Lamperl

Pokrewny z duński: lam

Pokrewny z szwedzki: lamm

Pokrewny z fiński: lammas

Pokrewny z szkocki gaelicki: lon

Pokrewny z starogrecki: ἔλαφος

In summary

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.
See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

Koncepcje

jagnię

jagnięcina

baranek

owca

głuptas

jagniątko

owieczka

aniołek

Synonimy

sheep

🐑

kid

🧒

lambkin

mutton

dear

goat

🐐

yeanling

spring lamb

beef

ewe

ram

🐏

baby lamb

lambskin

young sheep

scur

baa-lamb

cosset

etc.

ewes

mouton

ovine

simpleton

yean

small sheep

disbudding

longwool

sheepy