Words for full and related things in Celtic languages.
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
| Proto-Celtic | *ɸlānos = full |
|---|---|
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | lán [l͈aːn] = full láine = fullness línad = filling |
| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | lán, lan = full, filled (with), whole, complete |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | lán [l̪ˠɑːnˠ / l̪ˠæːnˠ] = full, pride, arrogance lánaigh = to fill out, give volume to, mould lánán = charge, filling iomlán = all, the whole, total, aggregate, full, whole, complete |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | làn [l̪ˠaːn] = full, replete; complete; filled, sat(iat)ed, satisfied; fullness; high tide; complement, fill lànach[l̪ˠaːnəx] = filling, fruitful lànachadh [l̪ˠaːnəxəɣ] = fulness, plentitude, prime lànmhòr [̪ˠaːn(v)ər] = full, complete, plentiful làntachd [[l̪ˠaːn̪ˠdəxg] = plethora iomlan [imil̪ˠan] = full, complete, whole, entire |
| Manx (Gaelg) | lane [lɛdn] = full, replete, crowded, swelling, fully, total, gravid, lot, unexpurgated (edition), much, loaded, plenary, sound, full-blooded, at full strength laneid = fullness, repletion, satiety lhieeney = to fill (in/out), load, flow lhieent = completed, filled, full, fullfilled, stuffed |
| Proto-Brythonic | *lọn [ˈlɔːn] = full |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | llawn, llaunt = full llewny, llaỽna, lleỽni, llewni = to full llawnder = abundance, plenty, fullness |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | llawn [ɬau̯n] = full; covered, saturated; filled to capacity; teeming with, abounding in; charged with emotion llawnaeth = fullness, plentitude, plenty, abundance llawnaf, llewni, llawnu = to full, satiate, be filled llawnder = abundance, plenty, fullness llawnedig = filled |
| Middle Cornish (Cernewec) | leun, luen, lên = full, replete, complete |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | leun [lø:n / le:n] = full, complete, thorough, total leun a dus = crowded leun a styr = meaningful leunder = fill, fullness leunhe = to fill |
| Old Breton | lon = full |
| Middle Breton | leun = full leunhat = to fill leunyaff = to fill, complete leunidigaez, leunydigaez = fullness, filling, supply |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | leun [ˈlœ̃ːn] = full, covered leunaat = to fill leunded = fullnes leunder = entirety leuniadur = to fill, complete leuniañ [ˈlœ̃njã] = to fill, complete leunidigezh = filling |
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (full), from *pleh₁- (to fill) [source]. Words from the same roots include complete, fill, full, plain and plenty in English, voll (full, filled, drunk) in German, lleno (full) in Spanish, plein (full, plenty, solid) in French [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
