lamb – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lamb

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lamb
Participle: lambed
Gerund: lambing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ilamb
youlamb
he;she;itlambs
welamb
youlamb
theylamb

Perfect

Ihave lambed
youhave lambed
he;she;ithas lambed
wehave lambed
youhave lambed
theyhave lambed

Past

Ilambed
youlambed
he;she;itlambed
welambed
youlambed
theylambed

Pluperfect

Ihad lambed
youhad lambed
he;she;ithad lambed
wehad lambed
youhad lambed
theyhad lambed

Future

Iwill lamb
youwill lamb
he;she;itwill lamb
wewill lamb
youwill lamb
theywill lamb

Future Perfect

Iwill have lambed
youwill have lambed
he;she;itwill have lambed
wewill have lambed
youwill have lambed
theywill have lambed

Subjunctive

Present

Ilamb
youlamb
he;she;itlamb
welamb
youlamb
theylamb

Perfect

Ihave lambed
youhave lambed
he;she;ithave lambed
wehave lambed
youhave lambed
theyhave lambed

Imperfect

Ilambed
youlambed
he;she;itlambed
welambed
youlambed
theylambed

Pluperfect

Ihad lambed
youhad lambed
he;she;ithad lambed
wehad lambed
youhad lambed
theyhad lambed

Conditional

Present

Iwould lamb
youwould lamb
he;she;itwould lamb
wewould lamb
youwould lamb
theywould lamb

Perfect

Iwould have lambed
youwould have lambed
he;she;itwould have lambed
wewould have lambed
youwould have lambed
theywould have lambed

Imperative

youlamb
weLet's lamb
youlamb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam lambing
youare lambing
he;she;itis lambing
weare lambing
youare lambing
theyare lambing

Perfect

Ihave been lambing
youhave been lambing
he;she;ithas been lambing
wehave been lambing
youhave been lambing
theyhave been lambing

Past

Iwas lambing
youwere lambing
he;she;itwas lambing
wewere lambing
youwere lambing
theywere lambing

Pluperfect

Ihad been lambing
youhad been lambing
he;she;ithad been lambing
wehad been lambing
youhad been lambing
theyhad been lambing

Future

Iwill be lambing
youwill be lambing
he;she;itwill be lambing
wewill be lambing
youwill be lambing
theywill be lambing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been lambing
youwill have been lambing
he;she;itwill have been lambing
wewill have been lambing
youwill have been lambing
theywill have been lambing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be lambing
youwould be lambing
he;she;itwould be lambing
wewould be lambing
youwould be lambing
theywould be lambing

Perfect

Iwould have been lambing
youwould have been lambing
he;she;itwould have been lambing
wewould have been lambing
youwould have been lambing
theywould have been lambing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'lamb'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'lamb'

jamb, lab, lam, lame, lamm, lamp, limb, ab, amp, arb,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 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-.
2. 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.

Sample Sentences

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