lam
/læm/ · verb
Meaning
- To beat or thrash.
- To flee or run away.
- A flight or escape.
- The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
- Abbreviation of light antiarmor/antiarmour missile.
- Abbreviation of land attack missile.
- Abbreviation of loitering attack missile.
- Acronym of lactational amenorrhea method, a method of birth control through breastfeeding.
- Abbreviation of lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- A surname from Cantonese.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.
- *lamjaną(gem-pro)→
- lemja(Old Norse)→
- lemian(Old English)→
- lamen(enm)→
- lam (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, der, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- Lam(Tagalog) (bor)
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