1. لَمب
1. lamb ( cf. √ 1. ramb) cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. x, 15 ) lambate ( mc. also ti; pf. lalambe, MBh. &c.; aor. alambiṣṭa Gr. ; fut. lambitā, ib. ; lambiṣyati, MBh. ; inf. lambitum, ib. ; ind.p. lambya, ib. ), to hang down, depend, dangle, hang from or on ( loc. ), Suparṇ. ; MBh. &c.; to sink, go down, decline, fall, set (as the sun), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to be fastened or attached to, cling to, hold or rest on ( loc. ), ib. ; to fall or stay behind, be retarded, Sūryas. ; to tag, loiter, delay, tarry, MBh. : Caus. lambayati ( aor. alalambat), to cause to hang down or depend, let down, Kathās. ; to hang up, suspend, ib. ; to cause to be attached or joined, MW. ; to stretch out, extend (the hand) for ( dat. ), Ragh. ; ( prob. ) to depress, discourage, MBh. i, 1445 ( C. laṅghayitvā for lambayitvā) : Desid. lilambiṣate, to be about to sink or decline, Hcar. v.l.