lammas

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

lammas (genitive lamba, partitive lammast)

1. sheep

Declension of lammas (ÕS type 7/kallas, mb-mm gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lammas	lambad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lamba
genitive			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

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmːɑs/, [ˈlɑ̝mːɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): lam‧mas

lammas

1. sheep (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis; either used generically or referring more specifically to a female mature one)
2. mutton (meat as food)

   Synonym: lampaanliha

3. (figuratively) sheep, lamb (timid, shy person who is easily led by others)
4. (Internet slang) an employed person, a non-NEET, a normie

   Antonym: rotta

• “lammas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• sammal

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognates include Finnish lammas and Estonian lammas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmːɑs/, [ˈɫɑmːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmːɑs/, [ˈɫɑmːɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
• Hyphenation: lam‧mas

lammas

1. sheep
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.

     Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

2. furry catkin

Declension of lammas (type 2/patsas, mp-mm gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lammas	lampaat
genitive	lampaan	lampain
partitive	lammasta, lammast	lampaita, lampaja
illative	lampaasse	lampaisse
inessive	lampaas	lampais
elative	lampaast	lampaist
allative	lampaalle	lampaille
adessive	lampaal	lampail
ablative	lampaalt	lampailt
translative	lampaaks	lampaiks
essive	lampaanna, lampaan	lampainna, lampain
exessive1)	lampaant	lampaint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Soikkola declension of lammas
	singular	plural
nominative	lammas	lampahat
genitive	lampahan	lampahiin
partitive	lammasta, lammaast	lampahia
illative	lampahasse	lampahisse
inessive	lampahaas	lampahiis
elative	lampahaast	lampahiist
allative	lampahalle	lampahille
adessive	lampahaal	lampahiil
ablative	lampahaalt	lampahiilt
translative	lampahaaks	lampahiiks
essive	lampahaan	lampahiin
exessive1)	lampahaant	lampahiint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• (furry catkin): manju

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ламмасъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 246
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 72

• sammal

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

lammas (genitive lambahan, partitive lammastu)

1. sheep

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

lammas (genitive lamba, partitive lammast)

1. sheep