llum

Albanian

Etymology

A formation of lym with expressive anlaut, which in its turn has caused the velarization of the following vowel.

Noun

llum m

1. mud

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan lum, from Latin lūmen (compare Spanish lumbre), from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Compare Occitan lum, Spanish lumbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈʎum]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -um

Noun

llum f (plural llums)

1. light

Derived terms

• any llum

Noun

llum m (plural llums)

1. lamp

Derived terms

• enllumenar
• llum posterior

See also

• lluir

References

• llum in ésAdir.
• “llum” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “llum”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “llum” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “llum” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Maltese

Root
j-w-m
2 terms

Alternative forms

• illum (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

Contraction of il-jum (literally “the day”), from Arabic اَلْيَوْمَ (al-yawma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)lˈluːm/

Adverb

llum

1. today (on the current day)