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

Related terms

• adlam

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.