lamber

lamb +‎ -er

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

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, present active infinitive of lambō (“lick, lap”).

• IPA^(key): [lamˈbeɾ]

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

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lick one's lips
3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of lamber
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of lamber

• “lamber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lamber” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lamber” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin lambō, lambere.

lamber (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאמביר‎)

1. to lick

• lambre

lamber

1. plural of lamb

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

• Hyphenation: lam‧ber

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

1. to lick
2. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014