llinos
Asturian
Noun
llinos
- plural of llinu
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬɪnɔs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬiːnɔs/, /ˈɬɪnɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɪnɔs
Etymology 1
If not derived to llin (“flax”), related to it by derivation from Old French linette or English English linnet.
Noun
llinos f (plural llinosiaid or llinosod)
- finch (Fringillidae ssp.)
- linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina)
- Synonyms: aderyn y llin, aderyn cywarch, brown y mynydd
Derived terms
- llinos aur, eurlinos (“goldfinch”)
- llinos bengoch yr Arctig, llinos flodiog (“mealy redpoll”)
- llinos borffor (“purple finch”)
- llinos goch (“rosefinch”)
- llinos werdd (“greenfinch”)
- llinos y pinwyydd (“pine linnet”)
- llinos Yemen (“Yemeni linnet”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
llinos m
- slime or growth on stones in or by water
- Synonyms: llysnafedd, tyfiant, casnach, casnod
- duckweed (Lemna ssp.)
- Synonym: llinad
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| llinos | linos | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[1], retrieved 26 December 2025
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “finch”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “linnet”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “llinos”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llinos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies