lón – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of lón

Noun: lón

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativelón
Singular Genitivelóin
Plural Nominativelónta
Plural Genitivelónta

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean lón
Singular Genitivean lóin
Plural Nominativena lónta
Plural Genitivena lónta

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like lón

aon, braon, bán, cuan, duan, dán, dún, fuaimrian, ionraon, lón, meon, raon, rian, ráillrian, rón, srian, trian, uiscerian,

Etymology

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”).

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