llun

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨːn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬiːn/
• Rhymes: -ɨːn
• Homophone: llin (South Wales)

Noun

llun m (plural lluniau)

1. shape, figure, form

   Synonym: ffurf

2. picture, drawing, illustration

   Synonym: arlun

3. fashion, manner, way

   Synonyms: ffurf, modd, gwedd

Synonyms

• (picture): darlun
• (photograph): ffotograff

Derived terms

• aflun (“misshapen, deformed”, adj)
• arlun m (“drawing, portrait”)
• cerflun m (“statue”)
• cynllun m (“plan, outline”)
• daearlun (“map”)
• darlun m (“picture”)
• di-lun (“shapeless, formless”, adj)
• hunlun m (“selfie”)
• llinlun m (“line drawing”)
• lluniaidd (“well-formed”, adj)
• llunio (“form, fashion”, verb)
• rhaglun m (“plan, design”)
• sgrinlun m (“screenshot”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llun	lun	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), “llun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies