llam

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle Welsh llam, cognate with Irish léim (to bound, jump, leap), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lanxsman (jump); or possibly, from a pre-Celtic substrate cognate with Cornish lamm (leap, jump, bound), ultimately related to the stock root of lamb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

llam m (plural llamau)

  1. leap, jump, bound

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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