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Welsh
Etymology
From llawn (“full”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lon
- adjectival suffix, often indicating a characteristic or fulness -ful
- cyfraith (“law”) + -lon → cyfreithlon (“legal”)
- ffrwyth (“fruit”) + -lon → ffrwythlon (“fruitful, fertile”)
- rhad (“grace”) + -lon → rhadlon (“genial”)
- bodd (“consent”) + -lon → bodlon (“willing, satisfied”)
Derived terms
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-lon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies