lón

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Eastern Maninkakan

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Alternative scripts

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Noun

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lón

  1. day
    Synonym:

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lón f (calm section of a river, lagoon), from Proto-Norse *luhnō (inlet, sea loch). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lon, Persian [script needed] (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

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Noun

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lón n (genitive singular lóns, nominative plural lón)

  1. lagoon

Declension

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References

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  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.)

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lónta)

  1. provision, supply; food, victuals, sustenance
    1. repast, collation
    2. lunch, luncheon
Declension
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Declension of lón (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative lón lónta
vocative a lóin a lónta
genitive lóin lónta
dative lón lónta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an lón na lónta
genitive an lóin na lónta
dative leis an lón
don lón
leis na lónta
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lóin)

  1. Alternative form of luan (loin)
Declension
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Declension of lón (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative lón lóin
vocative a lóin a lóna
genitive lóin lón
dative lón lóin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an lón na lóin
genitive an lóin na lón
dative leis an lón
don lón
leis na lóin

Etymology 3

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Verb

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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)
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