lun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lun"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luːn/, [luːˀn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lygn (“calm”).

Adjective

lun

  1. warm, mild
  2. cosy, snug

Inflection

Inflection of lun
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular lun lunere lunest2
Neuter singular lunt lunere lunest2
Plural lune lunere lunest2
Definite attributive1 lune lunere luneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

lun

  1. imperative of lune

Gothic

Romanization

lun

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌽

Mandarin

Romanization

lun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lún.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǔn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lùn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian lond, which derives from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian lönj and West Frisian lân.

Noun

lun n (plural lunen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) land

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse logn

Adjective

lun (masculine and feminine lun, neuter lunt, definite singular and plural lune, comparative lunere, indefinite superlative lunest, definite superlative luneste)

  1. cosy, snug, sheltered (house, room, valley etc.)
  2. comfortable, genial, warm (person, room, weather)
  3. good-natured, pleasant, quiet (person)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse logn

Adjective

lun (masculine and feminine lun, neuter lunt, definite singular and plural lune, comparative lunare, indefinite superlative lunast, definite superlative lunaste)

  1. cosy, snug, sheltered (house, room, valley etc.)
  2. comfortable, genial, warm (person, room, weather)
  3. good-natured, pleasant, quiet (person)

References

Novial

Determiner

lun

  1. its

Pronoun

lun

  1. its

Somali

Verb

lun

  1. to lose

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

lun m

  1. Soft mutation of llun.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llun lun unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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