# lón
## Eastern Maninkakan
### Alternative scripts

* ߟߏ߲ (nko)

### Noun

lón
* day
    Synonym: lá

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse lón f (“calm section of a river, lagoon”), from Proto-Norse *luhnō (“inlet, sea loch”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lon, Persian [script needed] (lón, “seaside meadow”). Perhaps derived from ló (“clearing, meadow”). Ultimately part of the family of terms derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic related terms include English lown (“shelter”), Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /louːn/
* Rhymes: -ouːn

### Noun

lón n (genitive singular lóns, nominative plural lón)
* lagoon

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 366
* ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 577 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

### Further reading

* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “689”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 689

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠoːnˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish lón (“provision(s), victuals”), with the shift in meaning towards “lunch” likely influenced by the resemblance to the English word, from Proto-Celtic *lawano- (“provisions”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate”).

#### Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lónta)
* provisions, supplies
* food, victuals
* lunch, luncheon

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lón
lónta
vocative
a lóin
a lónta
genitive
lóin
lónta
dative
lón
lónta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lón
na lónta
genitive
an lóin
na lónta
dative
leis an lón don lón
leis na lónta :

##### Derived terms

* aimsir lóin, am lóin (“lunch-time”)
* armlón (“ammunition”)
* ceannaí lóin, lóncheannaí (“provision merchant”)
* lónadóir (“caterer, provisioner”)
* lónaigh (“supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard”, transitive verb)
* long lóin (“supply ship”)
* lónroinn (“commissariat”)
* mála lóin (“haversack”)
* píosa lóin (“lunch-packet”)
* sos lóin (“lunch interval”)

#### References

* Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lawano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lón m (genitive singular lóin, nominative plural lóin)
* Alternative form of luan (“loin”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
lón
lóin
vocative
a lóin
a lóna
genitive
lóin
lón
dative
lón
lóin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an lón
na lóin
genitive
an lóin
na lón
dative
leis an lón don lón
leis na lóin :

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

lón (present analytic lónann, future analytic lónfaidh, verbal noun lónadh, past participle lónta)
* (transitive) Alternative form of lónaigh (“supply, provision; lay in; put by, hoard”)

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh | lónadh |
| past participle | lónta | lónta | lónta | lónta | lónta | lónta | lónta | lónta |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | lónaim | lónann tú; lónair$^†$ | lónann sé, sí | lónaimid | lónann sibh | lónann siad; lónaid$^†$ | a lónann; a lónas | lóntar |
| past | lón mé; lónas | lón tú; lónais | lón sé, sí | lónamar; lón muid | lón sibh; lónabhair | lón siad; lónadar | a lón / ar lón* | lónadh |
| past habitual | lónainn | lóntá | lónadh sé, sí | lónaimis; lónadh muid | lónadh sibh | lónaidís; lónadh siad | a lónadh / a lónadh* | lóntaí |
| future | lónfaidh mé; lónfad | lónfaidh tú; lónfair$^†$ | lónfaidh sé, sí | lónfaimid; lónfaidh muid | lónfaidh sibh | lónfaidh siad; lónfaid$^†$ | a lónfaidh; a lónfas | lónfar |
| conditional | lónfainn | lónfá | lónfadh sé, sí | lónfaimis; lónfadh muid | lónfadh sibh | lónfaidís; lónfadh siad | a lónfadh / a lónfadh* | lónfaí |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go lóna mé; go lónad$^†$ | go lóna tú; go lónair$^†$ | go lóna sé, sí | go lónaimid; go lóna muid | go lóna sibh | go lóna siad; go lónaid$^†$ | — | go lóntar |
| past | dá lónainn | dá lóntá | dá lónadh sé, sí | dá lónaimis; dá lónadh muid | dá lónadh sibh | dá lónaidís; dá lónadh siad | — | dá lóntaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | lónaim | lón | lónadh sé, sí | lónaimis | lónaigí; lónaidh$^†$ | lónaidís | — | lóntar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

#### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language