llong

Catalan

Alternative forms

• llonch (archaic spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈʎuŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎoŋk]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Northwestern) [ˈʎoŋ]

Adjective

llong (feminine llonga, masculine plural llongs, feminine plural llongues)

1. (archaic, Alghero) long

   Synonym: llarg

Further reading

• “llong”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “llong”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “llong” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “llong”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪oŋɡ/

Noun

llong f

1. alternative spelling of long (unlenited)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llog, from Proto-Brythonic *llong, from Proto-Celtic *longā (“boat, vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɔŋ/

Noun

llong f (plural llongau)

1. ship, vessel

   Cydnabyddir pwysigrwydd cenedlaethol y llong.

   The ship’s national importance is recognised.

Derived terms

• agerlong (“steamship”)
• llong dorri rhew (“icebreaker”)
• Llong Foel (“Ursa Major”)
• llong ofod (“spaceship”)
• llong olew (“oil tanker”)
• llongddrylliad (“shipwreck”)
• llongwr (“sailor”)
• rhodlong (“paddle steamer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llong

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llong	long	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), “ship”, 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), “llong”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llong”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies