Wiktionary

lon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

lon m

  1. (Arbëresh) flag

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish lon.

Noun edit

lon m (genitive singular loin, nominative plural lonta)

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)

Declension edit

Declension of lon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lon lonta
Vocative a loin a lonta
Genitive loin lonta
Dative lon lonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an lon na lonta
Genitive an loin na lonta
Dative leis an lon

don lon

leis na lonta

Synonyms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse lón. Akin to Icelandic lón.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *lux-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lon m

  1. blackbird

Inflection edit

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 edit

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

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lon
also llon after a proclitic 		lon
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 243

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lon

  1. slowness

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Romani edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

lon m

  1. salt

References edit

  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

Scottish Gaelic edit

 
Loin anns an t-Saoghal Ùr

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

IPA(key): /ɫ̪ɔn/

Noun edit

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

  1. moose
  2. elk

Etymology 2 edit

Apparently a condensation of lomhainn from St Kilda.

Noun edit

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural lonan)

  1. a rope of raw hides

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Irish lon, from Old Irish lon.

Noun edit

lon m (genitive singular loin, plural loin)

  1. blackbird (Turdus merula)
  2. ouzel (Cinclus mexicanus)

Etymology 4 edit

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 edit

lon m (genitive singular loin, no plural)

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

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English run.

Verb edit

lon

  1. to run

Swedish edit

Noun edit

lon

  1. definite singular of lo

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

(classifier cái) lon • (崙, 𨫅)

  1. beverage can

Etymology 2 edit

From French galon.

Noun edit

lon

  1. (military, informal) stripe
Derived terms edit

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

lon

  1. far

Antonyms edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lon

  1. Soft mutation of llon.

Mutation edit

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