llong
Catalan
Alternative forms
- llonch (archaic spelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
llong (feminine llonga, masculine plural llongs, feminine plural llongues)
Further reading
- “llong”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “llong”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “llong” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “llong”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̪oŋɡ/
Noun
llong f
- alternative spelling of long (unlenited)
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llog, from Proto-Brythonic *llong, from Proto-Celtic *longā (“boat, vessel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɬɔŋ/
Noun
llong f (plural llongau)
- ship, vessel
- Cydnabyddir pwysigrwydd cenedlaethol y llong.
- The ship’s national importance is recognised.
Derived terms
- agerlong (“steamship”)
- llong dorri rhew (“icebreaker”)
- Llong Foel (“Ursa Major”)
- llong ofod (“spaceship”)
- llong olew (“oil tanker”)
- llongddrylliad (“shipwreck”)
- llongwr (“sailor”)
- rhodlong (“paddle steamer”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| llong | long | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “ship”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “llong”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llong”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies