llam

Welsh

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ɬam/
  • Rhymes: -am

Noun

llam m (plural llamau)

  1. leap, jump, bound

Derived terms
  • llamu

Mutation
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.
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