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English
Etymology
From Welsh llyn.
Noun
llyn (plural llyns)
- An upland lake in Wales.
- 1884, Mountford John B. Baddeley, C. S. Ward, North Wales (part 1, page xi)
- To enumerate all the llyns of Wales would take pages, but except Bala, there is scarcely one freshwater lake which is a main factor in any landscape of which it forms part.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llynn, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
llyn m (plural llynnoedd or llynnau)
- lake
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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