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Lammas
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Lammas
LAM'MAS
,Noun.
The first day of August.
Definition 2024
Lammas
Lammas
See also: lammas
English
Noun
Lammas
- (England) A former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest.
- (Scotland) 1st August, a quarter day.
- (paganism) A modern pagan festival celebrated in early August celebrating the start of the grain harvest.
Derived terms
Translations
former festival
|
quarter day
|
modern pagan festival
lammas
lammas
See also: Lammas
Estonian
Noun
lammas (genitive lamba, partitive lammast)
Declension
Inflection of lammas (ÕS type 7/kallas, mb-mm gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lammas | lambad |
| accusative | lamba | lambad |
| genitive | lamba | lammaste |
| partitive | lammast | lambaid |
| illative | lambasse | lammastesse lambaisse |
| inessive | lambas | lammastes lambais |
| elative | lambast | lammastest lambaist |
| allative | lambale | lammastele lambaile |
| adessive | lambal | lammastel lambail |
| ablative | lambalt | lammastelt lambailt |
| translative | lambaks | lammasteks lambaiks |
| terminative | lambani | lammasteni |
| essive | lambana | lammastena |
| abessive | lambata | lammasteta |
| comitative | lambaga | lammastega |
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑmːɑs/
- Hyphenation: lam‧mas
- Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
Noun
lammas
Declension
| Inflection of lammas (Kotus type 41/vieras, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lammas | lampaat | |
| genitive | lampaan | lampaiden lampaitten |
|
| partitive | lammasta | lampaita | |
| illative | lampaaseen | lampaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lammas | lampaat | |
| accusative | nom. | lammas | lampaat |
| gen. | lampaan | ||
| genitive | lampaan | lampaiden lampaitten |
|
| partitive | lammasta | lampaita | |
| inessive | lampaassa | lampaissa | |
| elative | lampaasta | lampaista | |
| illative | lampaaseen | lampaisiin lampaihinrare |
|
| adessive | lampaalla | lampailla | |
| ablative | lampaalta | lampailta | |
| allative | lampaalle | lampaille | |
| essive | lampaana | lampaina | |
| translative | lampaaksi | lampaiksi | |
| instructive | — | lampain | |
| abessive | lampaatta | lampaitta | |
| comitative | — | lampaineen | |
Synonyms
- (mutton): lampaanliha
Compounds
- dallinlammas
- lammasmainen
- lammaspaimen
- lampaankare
- lampaanpaisti
- lampaanviulu
- musta lammas
Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun
lammas (genitive lambahan, partitive lammastu)
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun
lammas (genitive lamba, partitive lammast)
Inflection
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