lon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Translingual

Symbol

lon

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Malawi Lomwe.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Malawi Lomwe terms

English

Noun

lon (plural lons)

1. (geography) Clipping of longitude.

   Coordinate term: lat

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). The standard Albanian equivalent is flamur.

Noun

lon m

1. (Arbëresh) flag

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lon.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuːnˠ/

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)

1. blackbird (a common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere)

Declension

Declension of lon (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lon lonta vocative a loin a lonta genitive loin lonta dative lon lonta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lon na lonta genitive an loin na lonta dative leis an lon don lon leis na lonta

Synonyms

• lon dubh

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “lon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 674; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “lon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːn/

Noun

lon f (definite singular lona, indefinite plural loner, definite plural lonene)

1. a depression in the bottom of a river or creek

   Synonym: høl

2. a portion of a creek with slow-flowing water

Related terms

• logn

References

• “lon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From *lōn, dative plural of *lō (“forest, clearing”). Literally, “at the forests”.

Noun

lōn n

1. Loon (a county)
2. Borgloon (a city in modern Limburg, Belgium)
3. Loon-Plage (a village in modern Hauts de France, France)
4. Hoogeloon (a village in modern North Brabant, the Netherlands)
5. Neerloon (a village in modern North Brabant, the Netherlands)
6. Loon (a village in modern Drenthe, the Netherlands)
7. an unknown location in modern Gelderland, the Netherlands

Declension

Declension of lōn (neuter a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	lōn
accusative	lōn
genitive	lōs
dative	lōne

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: Lôon
  • Dutch: Loon

Further reading

• “lō”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown. Stokes derives it from a Proto-Celtic *luxsno-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”), but MacBain points out that would give *lonn instead. A connection with loch (“black, dark”) would meet the same objection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪on/

Noun

lon m

1. blackbird (a common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lon	lonL	luinL
vocative	luin	lonL	lunuH
accusative	lonN	lonL	lunuH
genitive	luinL	lon	lonN
dative	lunL	lonaib	lonaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: lon, lon dubh
• Manx: lhondoo, lhonnag
• Scottish Gaelic: lon, lon-dubh

Mutation

Mutation of lon

radical	lenition	nasalization
lon also llon in h-prothesis environments	lon pronounced with /l-/	lon also llon

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laun (“be stretched out, of time; old (of past crops that are still not consumed)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lon/
• Rhymes: -lon
• Hyphenation: lon

Noun

lon

1. slowness

Derived terms

• alon
• alonlon
• alonlonan
• aṅloni
• aṅlonloni
• kapilon
• lumonlon
• pinahalon

Further reading

• "lon" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Compare Hindi लोन (lon, “salt”) and Punjabi ਲੂਣ (lūṇ, “salt”).

Noun

lon m

1. salt

References

• Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

Scottish Gaelic

Loin anns an t-Saoghal Ùr

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish lon, from Proto-Celtic *lono-, probably ultimately from the source of *elantī (“doe, hind”), the source of eilid (“hind”).

Compare Irish lon. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic лань (lanĭ, “hind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ̪ɔn/

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

1. moose
2. elk

Etymology 2

Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)

1. a rope of raw hides

Etymology 3

From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

1. blackbird (a common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere)
2. ouzel (Cinclus mexicanus)

Etymology 4

Shortening of lon-chraois, apparently from Middle Irish con cráis (“gluttony”). Kuno Keyer translates lon separately as "demon". Others suggest lon as "water". See craos for its etymology.

Noun

lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)

1. insatiable hunger
2. unquenchable thirst
3. gluttony
4. voracity

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English run.

Verb

lon

1. to run

Swedish

Noun

lon

1. definite singular of lo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái) lon • (崙, 𨫅)

1. beverage can

Etymology 2

From French galon.

Noun

lon

1. (military, informal) stripe

Derived terms

• lên lon (“to get militarily promoted”)

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin longe, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̃/

Adverb

lon

1. far

Antonyms

• près

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔn/

Adjective

lon

1. soft mutation of llon

Mutation

Mutated forms of llon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llon	lon	unchanged	unchanged

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