llon

See also: -llon

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • llonn (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llonn, from Proto-Brythonic *llonn, from Proto-Celtic *londos (compare Old Irish lond (“fierce”)),[1] of uncertain ultimate origin; Stokes suggests a comparison with Sanskrit रन्धयति (randhayati, “to torment, destroy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to cook”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Adjective

llon (feminine singular llon, plural llonnau, equative llonned, comparative llonnach, superlative llonnaf)

  1. cheerful, merry, joyful, glad
    Synonyms: llawen, hapus

Derived terms

  • llongyfarch (to congratulate)
  • llon lafur (“red poppy”)
  • llonder (cheerfulness, joy, gladness)
  • llonni (to cheer, to gladden)

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.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Stokes, Whitley (1890) “The Old-Irish Glosses in Regina nr. 215”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen, volume 30, page 557: “„Cornuta facies,“ Exod. XXXIV. 29. lond immitis, amarus, commutis, whence londas „indignatio“, for-lond oppression, an-for-lond „violence“. Cf. perhaps skr. radh, randhaya.”
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