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
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.

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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