lamus
See also: Lamus
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amus
- Syllabification: la‧mus
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Middle High German lêm-hûsbor.
Polish lamus
Borrowed from Middle High German lêm-hûs. Compare German Lehmhaus.
Noun
lamus m inan (diminutive lamusik)
- lumber room, junkroom
- (architecture) quincha
- (Łowicz, Złaków Borowy, Duplice Duże) synonym of spichlerz
Declension
Declension of lamus
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lamus | lamusy |
| genitive | lamusu | lamusów |
| dative | lamusowi | lamusom |
| accusative | lamus | lamusy |
| instrumental | lamusem | lamusami |
| locative | lamusie | lamusach |
| vocative | lamusie | lamusy |
Derived terms
verbs
- odłożyć do lamusa pf, odkładać do lamusa impf
Etymology 2
From English lame + Polish -us.
Noun
lamus m pers
- (slang) lame person
Declension
Declension of lamus
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lamus | lamusi/lamusy (deprecative) |
| genitive | lamusa | lamusów |
| dative | lamusowi | lamusom |
| accusative | lamusa | lamusów |
| instrumental | lamusem | lamusami |
| locative | lamusie | lamusach |
| vocative | lamusie | lamusi |
Further reading
- “lamus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “lamus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
- Halina Świderska (1929), “lamus”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 111