llum

A formation of lym with expressive anlaut, which in its turn has caused the velarization of the following vowel.

llum m

1. mud

Inherited from Old Catalan lum, from Latin lūmen (compare Spanish lumbre), from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Compare Occitan lum, Spanish lumbre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎum]

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• Rhymes: -um

llum f (plural llums)

1. light

llum m (plural llums)

1. lamp

   Synonym: làmpada

• lluir

• llum in ésAdir.
• “llum”, 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
• “llum”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “llum” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “llum” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• illum (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Contraction of il-jum (literally “the day”), from Arabic اَلْيَوْمَ (al-yawma).

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)lˈluːm/

llum

1. today (on the current day)