llyn

llyn

See also: Llŷn and llŷn

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Welsh llynbor.

English llyn

Borrowed from Welsh llyn.

Noun

llyn (plural llyns)

An upland lake in Wales.
- 1884, Mountford John B. Baddeley, C. S. Ward, North Wales (part 1, page xi)
  To enumerate all the llyns of Wales would take pages, but except Bala, there is scarcely one freshwater lake which is a main factor in any landscape of which it forms part.

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɪn/
Rhymes: -ɨ̞n

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh llynn, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Cognate with Irish leann (“ale”).

Noun

llyn m (plural llynnoedd or llynnau)

lake
liquid
Synonyms: hylif, gwlybwr
1. juice
  Synonyms: gwirod, sudd
2. drink, beverage
  Synonym: diod

Derived terms

alaw'r llyn (“water lily”)
Ardal y Llynnoedd (“Lake District”)
arweddlyn (“stout, porter”)
Llyn Llumonwy (“Loch Lomond”)
llyndref (“lake dwelling”)
llyndrigolion (“lake dwellers”)
llyndy (“lake dwelling”)
llynnol (“lacustrine”)
llynwlydd (“horned pondweed”)
llyslyn (“mucilage”)
merllyn, sefydlyn (“stagnant pond”)
ystumllyn (“oxbow lake”)

Etymology 2

Adverb

llyn

abbreviation of fellýn (“thus, so”)
Synonym: felly

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llyn*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyn	lyn	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.