llyn

See also: Llŷn

English

Etymology

From Welsh llyn.

Noun

llyn (plural llyns)

1. 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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞n

Noun

llyn m (plural llynnoedd or llynnau)

1. lake

Derived terms

• Ardal y Llynnoedd (“Lake District”)
• llyndref (“lake dwelling”)
• llyndrigolion (“lake dwellers”)
• llyndy (“lake dwelling”)
• llynnol (“lacustrine”)

Mutation

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