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lon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

English

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Noun

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lon (plural lons)

  1. (geography) Short for longitude.
    Coordinate term: lat

Albanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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lon m

  1. (Arbëresh) flag

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lon.

Noun

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lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)

Declension

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.

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Noun

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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
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Old Irish

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Etymology

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According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *lux-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lon m

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)

Inflection

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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

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  • Irish: lon, lon dubh
  • Manx: lhondoo, lhonnag
  • Scottish Gaelic: lon, lon-dubh

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lon
also llon after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		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

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

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laun (“be stretched out, of time; old (of past crops that are still not consumed)”).

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Noun

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lon

  1. slowness

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Romani

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Etymology

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

Noun

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lon m

  1. salt

References

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  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

Scottish Gaelic

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Loin anns an t-Saoghal Ùr

Etymology 1

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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

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IPA(key): /ɫ̪ɔn/

Noun

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lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

  1. moose
  2. elk

Etymology 2

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Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.

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lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)

  1. a rope of raw hides

Etymology 3

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From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

Noun

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lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

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

Etymology 4

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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

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lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)

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

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English run.

Verb

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lon

  1. to run

Swedish

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Noun

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lon

  1. definite singular of lo

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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(classifier cái) lon • (崙, 𨫅)

  1. beverage can

Etymology 2

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From French galon.

Noun

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lon

  1. (military, informal) stripe
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Walloon

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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lon

  1. far

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lon

  1. Soft mutation of llon.

Mutation

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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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