llun

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “GPC doesn't give an etymology. Phonetically, potential PIE root matches include *plew- (“to fly, flow”), *lewǵ- (“to break off, shatter”), and *lewk- (“bright; to shine; to see”). *lewk- seems like the most plausible candidate. Or maybe the word is borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon”) a la dydd Llun (“Monday”), itself from *lewk-.”

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨːn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬiːn/
Rhymes: -ɨːn
Homophone: llin (South Wales)

Noun edit

llun m (plural lluniau)

shape, figure, form
Synonym: ffurf
picture, drawing, illustration
Synonym: arlun
fashion, manner, way
Synonyms: ffurf, modd, gwedd

Synonyms edit

(picture): darlun
(photograph): ffotograff

Derived terms edit

aflun (“misshapen, deformed”, adj)
arlun m (“drawing, portrait”)
cerflun m (“statue”)
cynllun m (“plan, outline”)
darlun m (“picture”)
di-lun (“shapeless, formless”, adj)
hunlun m (“selfie”)
llinlun m (“line drawing”)
lluniaidd (“well-formed”, adj)
llunio (“form, fashion”, verb)
rhaglun m (“plan, design”)
sgrinlun m (“screenshot”)

Mutation edit

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

References edit

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies