# lán
## Czech
### Etymology

From Middle High German lēhen, from Old High German lēhan, from Proto-Germanic *laihną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaːn]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lán m inan
* (archaic) field
* an old Czech line measure

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “lán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “lán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɔɑːn
* Rhymes: -ɔaːn

### Noun

lán n (genitive singular láns, plural lán)
* loan

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* nál

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of lán – see 咱 (“I; me; we; us; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咱).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lauːn/
* Rhymes: -auːn

### Noun

lán n (genitive singular láns, nominative plural lán)
* loan
* luck

#### Derived terms

* lánasamvinnufélag (“credit union”)

### Anagrams

* nál

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /l̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /l̪ˠɑːnˠ/, /l̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /l̪ˠaːnˠ/, /l̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare English full, Latin plēnus, Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa)), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

#### Adjective

lán (genitive singular masculine láin, genitive singular feminine láine, plural lána, comparative láine)
* full, replete
* (nautical, of sails) swelling

##### Derived terms

* comhlán
* lán-nóta
* lánaibíocht
* lánaigh
* lánaosta
* lánchúlaí
* lánfhada
* lánfhostaíocht
* lánmhar
* lánstad
* lántaca
* lántosach
* lántosaí
* líon lán

##### Related terms

* láine (“fullness”)

#### Noun

lán m (genitive singular láin, nominative plural láin)
* full
* contents, charge
* filling, moulding (of earth)
* pride, arrogance
* great deal; much, many

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lán
láin
vocative
a láin
a lána
genitive
láin
lán
dative
lán
láin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lán
na láin
genitive
an láin
na lán
dative
leis an lán don lán
leis na láin :

##### Derived terms

* a lán
* comhlán
* dea-láin

#### Verb

lán (present analytic lánann, future analytic lánfaidh, verbal noun lánadh, past participle lánta)
* (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of lánaigh (“fill out, give volume to; mould (with earth)”)

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | lánaim | lánann tú; lánair$^†$ | lánann sé, sí | lánaimid | lánann sibh | lánann siad; lánaid$^†$ | a lánann; a lánas | lántar |
| indicative | past | lán mé; lánas | lán tú; lánais | lán sé, sí | lánamar; lán muid | lán sibh; lánabhair | lán siad; lánadar | a lán / ar lán* | lánadh |
| indicative | past habitual | lánainn | lántá | lánadh sé, sí | lánaimis; lánadh muid | lánadh sibh | lánaidís; lánadh siad | a lánadh / a lánadh* | lántaí |
| future | future | lánfaidh mé; lánfad | lánfaidh tú; lánfair$^†$ | lánfaidh sé, sí | lánfaimid; lánfaidh muid | lánfaidh sibh | lánfaidh siad; lánfaid$^†$ | a lánfaidh; a lánfas | lánfar |
| conditional | conditional | lánfainn | lánfá | lánfadh sé, sí | lánfaimis; lánfadh muid | lánfadh sibh | lánfaidís; lánfadh siad | a lánfadh / a lánfadh* | lánfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go lána mé; go lánad$^†$ | go lána tú; go lánair$^†$ | go lána sé, sí | go lánaimid; go lána muid | go lána sibh | go lána siad; go lánaid$^†$ | — | go lántar |
| subjunctive | past | dá lánainn | dá lántá | dá lánadh sé, sí | dá lánaimis; dá lánadh muid | dá lánadh sibh | dá lánaidís; dá lánadh siad | — | dá lántaí |
| imperative | imperative | lánaim | lán | lánadh sé, sí | lánaimis | lánaigí; lánaidh$^†$ | lánaidís | — | lántar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh | lánadh |
| past participle | past participle | lánta | lánta | lánta | lánta | lánta | lánta | lánta | lánta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

lán m (genitive singular láin, nominative plural láin)
* curve, bend

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lán
láin
vocative
a láin
a lána
genitive
láin
lán
dative
lán
láin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lán
na láin
genitive
an láin
na lán
dative
leis an lán don lán
leis na láin :

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 42
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 191, page 73

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “lán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* lan — nonstandard

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

lán (lan$^2$, Zhuyin ㄌㄢˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儖 / 𫣉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 兰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厱 / 𰆚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噸 / 吨
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囒 / 𪢠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵐 / 岚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幱 / 𰏟
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惍
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 懢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攔 / 拦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斕 / 斓
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暎 / 映
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欄 / 栏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欗 / 𬅉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漣 / 涟
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀾 / 澜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灆 / 𱩪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灡 / 𬉠
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璼 / 𫞨
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礛 / 𰧔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 篮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籃 / 篮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籣 / 𮆏
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糷 / 𰫖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繿 / 䍀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葻 / 𬜥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘫 / 𬞫
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘭 / 兰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襕
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襤 / 褴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襴 / 襕
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讕 / 谰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 谰
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躝 / 𨅬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闌 / 阑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阑
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韊 / 𱁾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㑣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔋 / 𪟎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藍 / 蓝

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l͈aːn/

### Adjective

lán
* full
** c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan Heriu dia aurdarcus.Ailbe was the name of the dog, and Ireland was full of his fame.

#### Descendants

* Irish: lán
* Manx: lane
* Scottish Gaelic: làn

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (compare English full, Latin plēnus, Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa)), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l͈aːn/

### Adjective

lán
* full

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lán | lán | lán |
| Vocative | láin* lán** | lán | lán |
| Accusative | lán | láin | lán |
| Genitive | láin | láine | láin |
| Dative | lán | láin | lán |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | láin | lána | lána |
| Vocative | lánu lána† | lána | lána |
| Accusative | lánu lána† | lána | lána |
| Genitive | lán | lán | lán |
| Dative | lánaib | lánaib | lánaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

#### Derived terms

* láine
* lánmar

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: lán
** Irish: lán
** Manx: lane
** Scottish Gaelic: làn

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

### Noun

lán n (genitive láns, plural lán)
* loan
* luck

#### Descendants

* Danish: lån
* Faroese: lán
* Icelandic: lán
* Norwegian Bokmål: lån
* Norwegian Nynorsk: lån
* Swedish: lån

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [laːn˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [laːŋ˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [laːŋ˦˥]

### Noun

(classifier căn) lán • (欄)
* a kind of shelter:
** a wooden shed or hut
** a shanty, roughly-built cottage
*** 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:Anh bước qua những rễ cây nhẫy sình, xuống một cái lán vuông nhỏ xíu bằng chiếc tủ đứng. Mái lán có mấy làn khói nhạt vật vờ trong lá cây.He walked past the tree roots that were glistening with mud down to a teeny little square shanty made out of upright cupboards. In the roof of the shanty there were some pale and lifeless wisps of smoke in the leaves.
* (obsolete) storehouse
    Synonym: vựa

#### Derived terms

* lán trại
* lều lán