лам

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Either a long grade of Bulgarian лом (lom, fracture, cleft) or from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lṓˀmas, cognate with Lithuanian lúomas (fraction, caste, estate).

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Noun

лам (lamm

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) hole, chasm, fault (geological formation)
    Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), трап (trap), ду́па (dúpa), разло́м (razlóm)

Declension

  • ло́мя (lómja, to fracture, to spall) (possibly)

References

  • лам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “лам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 287

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *laam.

Pronunciation

Noun

ла̄м (laamclass bd (plural лаьмнаш)

  1. mountain

References

Kalmyk

Cyrillic Clear Script
лам (lam) ᡋᠯᠠᡏᠠ(blama)

Etymology

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /laˈmə/

Noun

лам (lam) (plural ламнр)

  1. lama

Lezgi

Etymology

Akin to Budukh лем (lem).

Noun

лам (lam)

  1. donkey, ass

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ
(lam-a)
лам
(lam)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (lam-a), ᠪᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (blam-a), from Classical Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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  • Hyphenation: лам

Noun

лам (lam) (definite plural лам нар); (regular declension)

  1. lama
    Далай ламDalaj lamthe Dalai Lama

Declension

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

лам (lamf anim pl or m anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of ла́ма (láma)