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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/læm/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm

Noun
en-noun|-

1. Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

Danish

Adjective
lam

1. lame

Category:Danish adjectives

Noun
lam

#lamb

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Noun
lam n (plural: lammeren, diminutive: lammetje, plural diminutive: lammetjes

1. young of a goat or sheep

Adjective
lam (lamme)

1. unable to move, paralyzed
2. very drunk (informal)

Old English

Etymology
West Germanic *laima

Noun
l�m m

1. loam

Category:Old English nouns

Old High German

Etymology
Common Germanic *lamaz, whence also Old English lama, Old Norse lami

Adjective
lam

1. lame

Category:Old High German adjectives

Swedish

Adjective
sv-adj-reg
lam

#A person who is, by medical reasons, unable to move any limbs; lame
#Inefficient, imperfect, almost ridicuosly so.
#:Example:
#:*Det var ett lamt försök. Gör ditt bästa istället!<=> That was a lame attempt. Do your best instead!

See also
förlamad
lamslagen

Volapük

vo-noun|lam
Etymology
German Arm and English arm

Noun
lam

1. arm
2. blade
3. sharp blade

Category:Volapük nouns

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