leon
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leon m (plural leoned)
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leon (plural leones)
Irish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.
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leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)
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- An Leon (“Leo”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish leónaid, a late form of lénaid (“impairs, injures, wounds”), from lén (“defeat, hurt, injury, misfortune, sorrow”).
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leon (present analytic leonann, future analytic leonfaidh, verbal noun leonadh, past participle leonta)
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lénaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “léo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84
Lombard edit
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leon (plural leon)
Middle English edit
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leon
- Alternative form of lyoun
Occitan edit
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leon m (plural leons)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).
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lēon
Conjugation edit
infinitive | lēon | lēonne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | lēo | lāh |
second person singular | līehst | lige |
third person singular | līehþ | lāh |
plural | lēoþ | ligon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | lēo | lige |
plural | lēon | ligen |
imperative | ||
singular | lēoh | |
plural | lēoþ | |
participle | present | past |
lēonde | (ġe)liġen |
Old French edit
Noun edit
leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)
- Alternative form of lion
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:
- Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]- And the lion who was watching
Did not wait any longer to help him.
- And the lion who was watching
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin leōnem, singular accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).
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leon m (plural leones, feminine singular leona, feminine plural leonas)
- lion
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, 25r:
- […] cõ leõ ſe leuantara e con leona ſe alcara nos echara faſta q̃ coma. rabadura e ſangre de matados breura.
- “ […] Like a lion it shall rise up and like a lioness it shall lift itself up. It shall not lie down until it eats prey, and the blood of those slain it shall drink.”
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:
- Et por ende a tal p̃priedat eſta piedra q̃ el q̃ la trae obedecẽ le los leones aſſi q̃ los puede tomar a manos ⁊ nol fará mal por q̃ el leó q̃ndo la uee pierde toda la fuerça ⁊ nõ a en ſi poder.
- And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it, so that he can touch them with his hands and they will not harm him, for when he sees it the lion loses all its strength and has in him no power.
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Old Swedish edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse león, from Latin leō, (genitive: leōnis), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), likely a borrowing from a Semitic language. Compare Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-.
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leon m
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- Swedish: lejon
Papiamentu edit
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From Spanish león and Kabuverdianu lion.
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leon
Piedmontese edit
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leon m
Tagalog edit
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león (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
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- “leon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin leō, leōnem (compare Italian leone).
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Volapük edit
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leon (nominative plural leons)
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- leonik (“leonine”)
- sileon (“Leo (constellation)”)