lón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

  • ߟߏ߲ (nko)

Noun

lón

  1. day
    Synonym:

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lón f (calm section of a river, lagoon), from Proto-Norse *luhnō (inlet, sea loch). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lon, Persian lón (seaside meadow). Perhaps derived from (clearing, meadow).[1][2] Ultimately part of the family of terms derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (bright), referring to shining water. Germanic related terms include English lown (shelter), Danish lyn (lightning), Swedish lugn (calm water).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /louːn/
  • Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

lón n (genitive singular lóns, nominative plural lón)

  1. lagoon

Declension

References

  1. de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 366
  2. Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 577. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish lón (fat; provision(s), food, victuals, sustenance; feast), with the shift in meaning towards “lunch” likely influenced by the resemblance to the English word, from Proto-Celtic *lawano- (provisions), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (to cut off, separate).

Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lónta)

  1. provision, supply; food, victuals, sustenance
    1. repast, collation
    2. lunch, luncheon
Declension
Derived terms
  • aimsir lóin, am lóin (lunch-time)
  • armlón (ammunition)
  • ceannaí lóin, lóncheannaí (provision merchant)
  • lónadóir (caterer, provisioner)
  • lónaigh (supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard, transitive verb)
  • long lóin (supply ship)
  • lónroinn (commissariat)
  • mála lóin (haversack)
  • píosa lóin (lunch-packet)
  • sos lóin (lunch interval)

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lawano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lóin)

  1. Alternative form of luan (loin)
Declension

Verb

lón (present analytic lónann, future analytic lónfaidh, verbal noun lónadh, past participle lónta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of lónaigh (supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard)
Conjugation

References

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