llu

See also: LLU

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lʉɣ, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬiː/

Noun

llu m (plural lluoedd)

1. host, throng, multitude

Derived terms

• corfflu (“corps”)
• gweithlu (“workforce”)
• heddlu (“police force”)
• llu arfog (“armed force”)
• llu awyr (“air force”)
• llu o (“myriad, many”)
• marchoglu (“cavalry”)
• tasglu (“task force”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llu	lu	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.