llu
See also: LLU
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *lʉɣ, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬiː/
Noun
llu m (plural lluoedd)
- host, throng, multitude
Derived terms
- corfflu (“corps”)
- gweithlu (“workforce”)
- heddlu (“police force”)
- llu arfog (“armed force”)
- llu awyr (“air force”)
- llu o (“myriad, many”)
- marchoglu (“cavalry”)
- tasglu (“task force”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llu | lu | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||