Image:Mudchute farm sheep with lambs.jpg|thumb|right|A sheep and lambs.
English

Etymology
OE. #Old English|lamb, from Germanic *lamboz-. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, Swedish and Norwegian lamm, Danish lam.

Pronunciation
IPA|/læm/
audio|en-us-lamb.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm

Noun
en-noun

1. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
2. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
3. figuratively A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

Derived terms
lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter

Verb
en-verb

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

#: The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

Scottish Gaelic: uan m
Slovene: t+|sl|jagnje|n
Spanish: [1] cordero m :es:cordero|(es)
Swedish: t+|sv|lamm|c
Turkish: t+|tr|kuzu
Ukrainian: �гн� n
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Slovene: t-|sl|jagnjetina|f
Swedish: t+|sv|lamm|n, t+|sv|lammkött|n
Turkish: t+|tr|kuzu
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trans-top|meek person
Finnish: t+|fi|lammas
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Category:Baby animals

Faroese

Noun
lamb n

1. #English|lamb (both the animal and meat)
2. (cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n8|l|mb

Category:Faroese nouns
Category:fo:Foods
Category:fo:Meats
Category:fo:Sheep
Category:fo:Stýrivolt

Icelandic
Icelandic declension hk sb 01 ö|l|mb

Noun
lamb n (lambs|l-a-mb-s, lömb|l-ö-mb)

1. #English|lamb

Derived terms
launa lambið gráa
ljúfur sem lamb m, ljúf sem lamb f, ljúft sem lamb n

Category:Icelandic nouns

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *lambaz

Noun
lamb

1. A lamb, a young sheep.

Declension
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! !! sg. !! pl.
|-
!bgcolor="lightgrey"| nom.
| lamb || lambru
|-
!bgcolor="lightgrey"| acc.
| lamb || lambru
|-
!bgcolor="lightgrey"| gen.
| lambes || lambra
|-
!bgcolor="lightgrey"| dat.
| lambe || lambrum
|}

Category:Meats
Category:Old English nouns

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• 2008-01-02 02:46 - Keene - lamb to the slaughter

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