llamp
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Catalan
Etymology
Deverbal from llampar, from Late Latin lampāre; alternatively perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lampu (compare Occitan lamp, Italian lampo), from Latin lampas.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
llamp m (plural llamps)
- lightning
- Synonym: llampec
- 2019 June 29, Carles Geli, “Irene Solà: “L’art m’ha donat irreverència, un punt de bogeria literària””, in El País:
- Per això volia contar el primer capítol des de la perspectiva dels núvols: una mort per llamp vista des de dalt, com un contrapicat. Igual que un accident de caça és explicat pel cabirol no caçat.
- That's why I wanted to tell the first chapter from the perspective of the clouds: a death by lightning seen from above, like a sting. Like a hunting accident explained by the uncaught roe deer.
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References
- ^ “llamp”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Further reading
- “llamp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “llamp” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “llamp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.