lán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

lán m inan

1. (archaic) field
2. an old Czech line measure

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːn
• Rhymes: -ɔaːn

Noun

lán n (genitive singular láns, plural lán)

1. loan

Declension

Declension of lán
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lán	lánið	lán	lánini
accusative	lán	lánið	lán	lánini
dative	láni	láninum	lánum	lánunum
genitive	láns	lánsins	lána	lánanna

Anagrams

• nál

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lauːn/
• Rhymes: -auːn

Noun

lán n (genitive singular láns, nominative plural lán)

1. loan
2. luck

Derived terms

• lánasamvinnufélag (credit union)

Anagrams

• nál

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːnˠ/
• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠaːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare English full, Latin plēnus, Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa)), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Adjective

lán (genitive singular masculine láin, genitive singular feminine láine, plural lána, comparative láine)

1. full, replete
2. (nautical, of sails) swelling

Declension

Declension of lán

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	lán	lán	lána
Vocative	láin		lána
Genitive		láine	lána	lán
Dative	lán	lán; láin (archaic)	lána
Comparative	níos láine
Superlative	is láine

Derived terms

• comhlán
• lánaibíocht
• lánaigh
• lánaosta
• lánchúlaí
• lánfhada
• lánfhostaíocht
• lánmhar
• lánstad
• lántaca
• lántosach
• lántosaí
• líon lán

 

Related terms

• láine (“fullness”)

Noun

lán m (genitive singular láin, nominative plural láin)

1. full
2. contents, charge
3. filling, moulding (of earth)
4. pride, arrogance
5. great deal; much, many

Declension

Declension of lán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lán láin Vocative a láin a lána Genitive láin lán Dative lán láin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lán na láin Genitive an láin na lán Dative leis an lán don lán leis na láin

Derived terms

• a lán
• comhlán
• dea-láin

 

Verb

lán (present analytic lánann, future analytic lánfaidh, verbal noun lánadh, past participle lánta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of lánaigh (“fill out, give volume to; mould (with earth)”)

Conjugation

conjugation of lán (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	lánaim	lánann tú; lánair†	lánann sé, sí	lánaimid	lánann sibh	lánann siad; lánaid†	a lánann; a lánas	lántar
	past	lán mé; lánas	lán tú; lánais	lán sé, sí	lánamar; lán muid	lán sibh; lánabhair	lán siad; lánadar	a lán / ar lán*	lánadh
	past habitual	lánainn	lántá	lánadh sé, sí	lánaimis; lánadh muid	lánadh sibh	lánaidís; lánadh siad	a lánadh / a lánadh*	lántaí
future		lánfaidh mé; lánfad	lánfaidh tú; lánfair†	lánfaidh sé, sí	lánfaimid; lánfaidh muid	lánfaidh sibh	lánfaidh siad; lánfaid†	a lánfaidh; a lánfas	lánfar
conditional		lánfainn	lánfá	lánfadh sé, sí	lánfaimis; lánfadh muid	lánfadh sibh	lánfaidís; lánfadh siad	a lánfadh / a lánfadh*	lánfaí
subjunctive	present	go lána mé; go lánad†	go lána tú; go lánair†	go lána sé, sí	go lánaimid; go lána muid	go lána sibh	go lána siad; go lánaid†	—	go lántar
	past	dá lánainn	dá lántá	dá lánadh sé, sí	dá lánaimis; dá lánadh muid	dá lánadh sibh	dá lánaidís; dá lánadh siad	—	dá lántaí
imperative		lánaim	lán	lánadh sé, sí	lánaimis	lánaigí; lánaidh†	lánaidís	—	lántar
verbal noun		lánadh
past participle		lánta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lán m (genitive singular láin, nominative plural láin)

1. curve, bend

Declension

Declension of lán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative lán láin Vocative a láin a lána Genitive láin lán Dative lán láin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an lán na láin Genitive an láin na lán Dative leis an lán don lán leis na láin

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• lan — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈aːn/

Adjective

lán

1. full
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan Heriu dia aurdarcus.

     Ailbe was the name of the dog, and Ireland was full of his fame.

Descendants

• Irish: lán
• Manx: lane
• Scottish Gaelic: làn

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lán	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of lán – see 咱 (“I; me; we; us; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咱).

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare English full, Latin plēnus, Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa)), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈aːn/

Adjective

lán

1. full

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lán	lán	lán
Vocative	láin* lán**
Accusative	lán	láin
Genitive	láin	láine	láin
Dative	lán	láin	lán
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	láin	lána
Vocative	lánu lána†
Accusative	lánu lána†
Genitive	lán
Dative	lánaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• láine
• lánmar

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: lán
  • Irish: lán
  • Manx: lane
  • Scottish Gaelic: làn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lán also llán after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lán pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Noun

lán n (genitive láns, plural lán)

1. loan
2. luck

Declension

  Declension of lán (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lán	lánit	lán	lánin
accusative	lán	lánit	lán	lánin
dative	láni	láninu	lánum	lánunum
genitive	láns	lánsins	lána	lánanna

Descendants

• Danish: lån
• Faroese: lán
• Icelandic: lán
• Norwegian Bokmål: lån
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lån
• Swedish: lån

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˦˥]

Noun

lán • (欄)

1. shanty, roughly-built cottage
   • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:

     Anh bước qua những rễ cây nhẫy sình, xuống một cái lán vuông nhỏ xíu bằng chiếc tủ đứng. Mái lán có mấy làn khói nhạt vật vờ trong lá cây.

     He walked past the tree roots that were glistening with mud down to a teeny little square shanty made out of upright cupboards. In the roof of the shanty there were some pale and lifeless wisps of smoke in the leaves.

Derived terms

• lán trại