llost

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Breton lost, Cornish lost, Gaulish losto-, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lew- "to divide, to split", possibly related to Old Norse ljósta (“to strike”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɬɔsd/, [ɬɔst]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsd

Noun

llost f (plural llostau)

  1. (anatomy) tail
  2. (by extension) any similar object or part or appendage:
    1. the tail of a comet, line or stroke of a letter, the tail and bottom part of a coat, skirt, etc., wake of ship, rear of army or procession, end or extremity, cue
  3. (poetry) the last section of a line of rhupunt, maintaing the main rhyme

Derived terms
  • llostfain (“slim-tailed”, adjective)

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

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llost”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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