llun
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[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