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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lam.

lame

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/lam/[lɑmˀ]

  1. lame

  2. lame, foolish, stupid

    slang

  3. drunk, intoxicated

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse lami, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lomiti.

noun/lam/[lɑmˀ]

  1. lamb

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish lamb, from Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (“lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os- (“lamb”)

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