llawn

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llọn, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Old Irish lán), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬau̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Adjective

llawn (feminine singular llawn, plural llawnion, equative llawned, comparative llawnach, superlative llawnaf)

1. full
2. abounding

Derived terms

• dirlawn (“saturated”)
• dwrlawn (“waterlogged”)
• llawn-amser (“full-time”)
• llawnaeth (“fullness”)
• llawnbryd (“high time”)
• llawnder (“abundance”)
• llond (“-ful”)

Adverb

llawn

1. fully
2. quite

Mutation

Mutated forms of llawn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llawn	lawn	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

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “llawn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies