llin

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɬiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn Homophone: llun (South Wales) === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh llin, from Proto-Brythonic *llin, from Latin līnea (“line”). ==== Noun ==== llin m or f (plural lliniau) line, stroke lineage, line of descent Synonym: llinach ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Welsh llin, from Old Welsh lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llin, from Proto-Celtic *līnom. ==== Noun ==== llin m (uncountable) flax linen cloth ===== Derived terms ===== llin y fagwyr (“ivy-leaved toadflax”) llinad (“flaxseed, linseed”) llinaidd (“flaxen”) llinos, aderyn y llin (“linnet”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies