lamber

From lamb +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɚ/
• Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

lamber (plural lambers)

1. A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
   • 2017, Trisha Ashley, The Little Teashop of Lost and Found:

     He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.

2. A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
   • 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm, page 354:

     The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.

   • 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills, page 130:

     The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.

From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).

lamber (plural lambers)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lamba (“Madagascan garment”)

• Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, marble, ramble

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

• IPA^(key): /lamˈbeɾ/ [lamˈbeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: lam‧ber

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambín, past participle lambido)
lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambim or lambi, past participle lambido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (pronominal) to lick one's lips

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lamber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “lamber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lamber”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “lamber” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lamber”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin lambō, lambere.

lamber (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאמביר)

1. to lick

• lambre

lamber

1. plural of lamb

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

• (Alentejo) IPA^(key): /lẽ.ˈbeɾ/

• Hyphenation: lam‧ber

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambi, past participle lambido)

1. to lick

• “lamber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

• IPA^(key): /lamˈbeɾ/ [lãmˈbeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: lam‧ber

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambí, past participle lambido)

1. Alternative form of lamer

• “lamber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10