lam – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of lam

Noun: lam
Gender: Neuter, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.lam
Pl.lam

Definite

Sg.lammet
Pl.lamma; lammene

Sample Sentences

  • Sauen fikk to lam i april. (The ewe gave birth to two lambs in April.)
  • på sabbatsdagen skal du ofre to årsgamle lam uten feil (On the Sabbath day you shall offer two year-old lambs without defect.) [traditional, 4 Mos [Numbers], 28:9:]
  • den fattige eide ikke annet enn et eneste lite lam som han hadde kjøpt (The poor man owned nothing except one little lamb that he had bought.) [traditional, 2 Sam [2 Samuel], 12:3:]
  • ulven har stjålet [bondens] lam ud af fjøset (the wolf has stolen [the farmer's] lamb from the cowshed) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt [Lady Inger of Ostrat], page 9:]
  • da sauen tok til å slikke lam nummer to, hadde det første allerede reist seg (when the ewe began licking lamb number two, the first had already stood up) [2011, Odd Klippenvåg, Ljublju:]
  • de [har] tatt imot femten nye lam og har måttet grave ned bare ett (they [have] delivered fifteen new lambs and have had to bury only one) [2013, Roy Jacobsen, De usynlige [The Unseen]:]
  • den fattiges eneste lam (a person's only cherished possession or source of happiness)
  • husk på: den avis, den er mit eneste lam (remember: that newspaper is my only lamb) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund [The League of Youth], page 80:]
  • snill som et lam (as gentle as a lamb)
  • Clara var mild og elskværdig, from som et lam (Clara was gentle and amiable, meek as a lamb) [1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 110:]
  • [han var] saa uskuldig som et lam ([he was] as innocent as a lamb) [(Can we date this quote?), Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter, volume II, page 212:]
  • det var en golden retriever, den het Alex og var snill som et lam (it was a golden retriever; his name was Alex, and he was as gentle as a lamb) [2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp [My Struggle], volume 3, page 17:]
  • beskatningen [av rådyr] bør rette seg mot lam og bukk (the harvesting [of roe deer] should be directed towards fawns and bucks) [2005, Stein Lier-Hansen and Bjørn Wegge, Jegerprøveboka, page 94:]
  • Vi serverte lam med poteter. (We served lamb with potatoes.)
  • [de hadde] gått over fra svineribbe til pinnekjøtt av lam for Awads skyld ([they had] switched from pork ribs to cured lamb ribs for Awad's sake) [2002, Sverre Knudsen, De aller nærmeste:]
  • lammet er lagt i pannen sammen med poteter og tomater (the lamb has been placed in the pan together with potatoes and tomatoes) [2010, Eivind Buene, Enmannsorkester:]
  • Guds lam (the Lamb of God)
  • han ble plaget, og han åpnet ikke munnen, lik et lam som føres bort for å slaktes (He was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth, like a lamb led to slaughter.) [traditional, Jes [Isaiah], 53:7:]
  • jeg så et lam som sto midt på tronen (I saw a lamb standing in the midst of the throne.) [traditional, Åp [Revelation], 5:6:]
  • tiden for Lammets bryllup er kommet (The time for the wedding of the Lamb has come.) [traditional, Åp [Revelation], 19:7:]
  • lammet har sejret (the Lamb has triumphed) [1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer [Emperor and Galilean], page 11:]
  • det er ikke den almægtiges vilje og behag at jeg skal gaa ind for tronen og lammet endda (it is not the Almighty's will and pleasure that I should yet go before the throne and the Lamb) [1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde [Growth of the Soil], volume II, page 189:]
  • [nå stod gamle John] for lammets trone ([now old John stood] before the throne of the Lamb) [1920, Peter Egge, Inde i Fjordene, page 256:]
  • mit lille barn, skyldløse lam, du fældtes for min moders gerning (my little child, innocent lamb, you were slain for my mother's deed) [1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 162:]
  • to gamle ulver fra livets zoologiske have. Sammen med kunstens hvite lam (two old wolves from life's zoological garden, together with the white lambs of art) [1925, Øvre Richter Frich, Halvkunstnere, page 60:]
  • fø lammene mine! (Feed my lambs!) [traditional, Joh [John], 21:15:]
  • ak, min Peer! Mit fortabte lam! (oh, my Peer! My lost lamb!) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 58:]

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Norse lamb (“lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (“lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os- (“lamb”), an enlargement of *h₁elh₁én (“deer, elk”), ultimately from *h₁el- (“deer, elk”).
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk lam, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Icelandic lamb, Faroese lamb, English lamb, Dutch lam and German Lamm (“lamb”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'lamb', Old Norse Nouns 'lamb', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'lam', Danish Nouns 'lam', Swedish Nouns 'lamm', Icelandic Nouns 'lamb', Faroese Nouns 'lamb', English Nouns 'lamb', Dutch Nouns 'lam', German Nouns 'Lamm'.

Verbs referencing "lam"

Icelandic Nouns löm.

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