leon

See also: Leon and león

Interlingua

Etymology

Latin leo

Noun

leon

1. a lion
2. Leo

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲoːn̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲuːnˠ/
• IPA^(key): /l̠ʲɔːnˠ/

Etymology 1

leon

From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.

Alternative forms

• leomhan

Noun

leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)

1. lion

Declension

Declension of leon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative leon leoin Vocative a leoin a leona Genitive leoin leon Dative leon leoin

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

Derived terms

• An Leon (“Leo”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish leónaid, a late form of lénaid (“impairs, injures, wounds”), from lén (“defeat, hurt, injury, misfortune, sorrow”).

Verb

leon (present analytic leonann, future analytic leonfaidh, verbal noun leonadh, past participle leonta)

1. (transitive) sprain
2. (transitive) injure, wound

Conjugation

conjugation of leon (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	leonaim	leonann tú; leonair†	leonann sé, sí	leonaimid	leonann sibh	leonann siad; leonaid†	a leonann; a leonas	leontar
	past	leon mé; leonas	leon tú; leonais	leon sé, sí	leonamar; leon muid	leon sibh; leonabhair	leon siad; leonadar	a leon / ar leon*	leonadh
	past habitual	leonainn	leontá	leonadh sé, sí	leonaimis; leonadh muid	leonadh sibh	leonaidís; leonadh siad	a leonadh / a leonadh*	leontaí
future		leonfaidh mé; leonfad	leonfaidh tú; leonfair†	leonfaidh sé, sí	leonfaimid; leonfaidh muid	leonfaidh sibh	leonfaidh siad; leonfaid†	a leonfaidh; a leonfas	leonfar
conditional		leonfainn	leonfá	leonfadh sé, sí	leonfaimis; leonfadh muid	leonfadh sibh	leonfaidís; leonfadh siad	a leonfadh / a leonfadh*	leonfaí
subjunctive	present	go leona mé; go leonad†	go leona tú; go leonair†	go leona sé, sí	go leonaimid; go leona muid	go leona sibh	go leona siad; go leonaid†	—	go leontar
	past	dá leonainn	dá leontá	dá leonadh sé, sí	dá leonaimis; dá leonadh muid	dá leonadh sibh	dá leonaidís; dá leonadh siad	—	dá leontaí
imperative		leonaim	leon	leonadh sé, sí	leonaimis	leonaigí; leonaidh†	leonaidís	—	leontar
verbal noun		leonadh
past participle		leonta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

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

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Middle English

Noun

leon (plural leons)

1. Alternative form of lyoun

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leˈu]

Noun

leon m (plural leons)

1. lion

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le͜oːn/

Verb

lēon

1. to lend, loan

Conjugation

Conjugation of lēon (strong class 1)

infinitive	lēon	lēonne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	lēo	lāh
second person singular	līehst	lige
third person singular	līehþ	lāh
plural	lēoþ	ligon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	lēo	lige
plural	lēon	ligen
imperative
singular	lēoh
plural	lēoþ
participle	present	past
	lēonde	(ġe)liġen

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Old French

Noun

leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)

1. Alternative form of lion
   • circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:

     Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
     De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]

     And the lion who was watching
     Did not wait any longer to help him.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin leōnem, accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leˈõn]

Noun

leon m (plural leones)

1. lion
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.

     Et por ende a tal ṕpriedat eſta piedra q́ el q́ la trae obedecé le los leones aſſi q́ los puede tomar a manos ¬ nol fará mal por q́ el leó q́ndo la uee pierde toda la fuerça ¬ nó a en ſi poder.

     And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it, so that he can touch them with his hands and they will not harm him, for when he sees it the lion loses all its strength and has in him no power.

Related terms

• Leon

Descendants

• Spanish: león
  • → Guaraní: leõ
  • → Kapampangan: leon
  • → Papiamentu: leon
  • → Quechua: liyun

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish león and Kabuverdianu lion.

Noun

leon

1. lion

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnem (compare Italian leone).

Noun

leon m (plural leoni) or leon m (plural leuni)

1. lion

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le.ˈon]

Noun

leon (nominative plural leons)

1. lion

Declension

declension of leon

	singular	plural
nominative	leon	leons
genitive	leona	leonas
dative	leone	leones
accusative	leoni	leonis
vocative 1	o leon!	o leons!
predicative 2	leonu	leonus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hileon (“lion (male)”)
• jileon (“lioness, lion (female)”)
• leonil (“small lion”)
• leonül (“lion cub”)

Derived terms

• leonik (“leonine”)
• sileon (“Leo (constellation)”)