llanc

See also: llança

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps a loanword from English lank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬaŋk/

Noun

llanc m (plural llanciau, feminine llances, diminutive llencyn)

1. a youth, young man

   Synonym: ifanc

Derived terms

• glaslanc (“youngster”)
• llencyn (“boy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llanc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llanc	lanc	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “lad”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “llanc”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin