lón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߟߏ߲ (nko)

Noun

lón

1. day

   Synonym: lá

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lón f (“calm section of a river, lagoon”), from Proto-Norse *luhnō (“inlet, sea loch”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lon, Persian [script needed] (lón, “seaside meadow”). Perhaps derived from ló (“clearing, meadow”). Ultimately part of the family of terms derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic related terms include English lown (“shelter”), Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /louːn/
• Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

lón n (genitive singular lóns, nominative plural lón)

1. lagoon

Declension

Declension of lón (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lón	lónið	lón	lónin
accusative	lón	lónið	lón	lónin
dative	lóni	lóninu	lónum	lónunum
genitive	lóns	lónsins	lóna	lónanna

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “689”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 689

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠoːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lón (“provision(s), victuals”), with the shift in meaning towards “lunch” likely influenced by the resemblance to the English word, from Proto-Celtic *lawano- (“provisions”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate”).

Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lónta)

1. provisions, supplies
2. food, victuals
3. lunch, luncheon

Declension

Declension of lón (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lón lónta vocative a lóin a lónta genitive lóin lónta dative lón lónta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lón na lónta genitive an lóin na lónta dative leis an lón don lón leis na lónta

Derived terms

• aimsir lóin, am lóin (“lunch-time”)
• armlón (“ammunition”)
• ceannaí lóin, lóncheannaí (“provision merchant”)
• lónadóir (“caterer, provisioner”)
• lónaigh (“supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard”, transitive verb)
• long lóin (“supply ship”)
• lónroinn (“commissariat”)
• mála lóin (“haversack”)
• píosa lóin (“lunch-packet”)
• sos lóin (“lunch interval”)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “lawano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

Etymology 2

Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lóin)

1. alternative form of luan (“loin”)

Declension

Declension of lón (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lón lóin vocative a lóin a lóna genitive lóin lón dative lón lóin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lón na lóin genitive an lóin na lón dative leis an lón don lón leis na lóin

Etymology 3

Verb

lón (present analytic lónann, future analytic lónfaidh, verbal noun lónadh, past participle lónta)

1. (transitive) alternative form of lónaigh (“supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard”)

Conjugation

conjugation of lón (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	lónadh
past participle	lónta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	lónaim	lónann tú; lónair†	lónann sé, sí	lónaimid	lónann sibh	lónann siad; lónaid†	a lónann; a lónas	lóntar
past	lón mé; lónas	lón tú; lónais	lón sé, sí	lónamar; lón muid	lón sibh; lónabhair	lón siad; lónadar	a lón / ar lón*	lónadh
past habitual	lónainn	lóntá	lónadh sé, sí	lónaimis; lónadh muid	lónadh sibh	lónaidís; lónadh siad	a lónadh / a lónadh*	lóntaí
future	lónfaidh mé; lónfad	lónfaidh tú; lónfair†	lónfaidh sé, sí	lónfaimid; lónfaidh muid	lónfaidh sibh	lónfaidh siad; lónfaid†	a lónfaidh; a lónfas	lónfar
conditional	lónfainn	lónfá	lónfadh sé, sí	lónfaimis; lónfadh muid	lónfadh sibh	lónfaidís; lónfadh siad	a lónfadh / a lónfadh*	lónfaí
subjunctive
present	go lóna mé; go lónad†	go lóna tú; go lónair†	go lóna sé, sí	go lónaimid; go lóna muid	go lóna sibh	go lóna siad; go lónaid†	—	go lóntar
past	dá lónainn	dá lóntá	dá lónadh sé, sí	dá lónaimis; dá lónadh muid	dá lónadh sibh	dá lónaidís; dá lónadh siad	—	dá lóntaí
imperative
–	lónaim	lón	lónadh sé, sí	lónaimis	lónaigí; lónaidh†	lónaidís	—	lóntar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language