lon
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). The standard Albanian equivalent is flamur.
Noun edit
lon m
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lon f (definite singular lona, indefinite plural loner, definite plural lonene)
- a depression in the bottom of a river or creek
- Synonym: høl
- a portion of a creek with slow-flowing water
Related terms edit
References edit
- “lon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *lux-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lon m
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lon
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- "lon" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Compare Hindi लोन (lon, “salt”) and Punjabi ਲੂਣ (lūṇ, “salt”).
Noun edit
lon m
References edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)
Etymology 2 edit
Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.
Noun edit
lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.
Noun edit
lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)
Etymology 4 edit
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 edit
lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
lon
- to run
Swedish edit
Noun edit
lon
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lon
Derived terms edit
- lên lon (“to get militarily promoted”)
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Latin longe, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lon
Antonyms edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lon
- Soft mutation of llon.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |