lon

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). The standard Albanian equivalent is flamur.

Noun

lon m

  1. (Arbëresh) flag

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lon.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)

Declension

Declension of lon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lon lonta
Vocative a loin a lonta
Genitive loin lonta
Dative lon lonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an lon na lonta
Genitive an loin na lonta
Dative leis an lon

don lon

leis na lonta

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.

Pronunciation

Noun

lon f (definite singular lona, indefinite plural loner, definite plural lonene)

  1. a depression in the bottom of a river or creek
    Synonym: høl
  2. a portion of a creek with slow-flowing water

Related terms

References

Old Irish

Etymology

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *lux-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lon m

  1. blackbird

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lon lonL luinL
Vocative luin lonL lunuH
Accusative lonN lonL lunuH
Genitive luinL lon lonN
Dative lunL lonaib lonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lon
also llon after a proclitic 		lon
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

lon

  1. slowness

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "lon" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Compare Hindi लोन (lon, “salt”) and Punjabi ਲੂਣ (lūṇ, “salt”).

Noun

lon m

  1. salt

References

  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

Scottish Gaelic

Loin anns an t-Saoghal Ùr

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish lon, from Proto-Celtic *lono-, probably ultimately from the source of *elantī (“doe, hind”), the source of eilid (“hind”).

Compare Irish lon. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic лань (lanĭ, “hind”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɫ̪ɔn/

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

  1. moose
  2. elk

Etymology 2

Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)

  1. a rope of raw hides

Etymology 3

From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)
  2. ouzel (Cinclus mexicanus)

Etymology 4

Shortening of lon-chraois, apparently from Middle Irish con cráis (“gluttony”). Kuno Keyer translates lon separately as "demon". Others suggest lon as "water". See craos for its etymology.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)

  1. insatiable hunger
  2. unquenchable thirst
  3. gluttony
  4. voracity

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English run.

Verb

lon

  1. to run

Swedish

Noun

lon

  1. definite singular of lo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái) lon • (崙, 𨫅)

  1. beverage can

Etymology 2

From French galon.

Noun

lon

  1. (military, informal) stripe
Derived terms

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin longe, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

lon

  1. far

Antonyms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

lon

  1. Soft mutation of llon.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llon lon unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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