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llam.

leap, jump

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɬam/
  1. leap, jump

    masculine
  2. bound, long stride

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Middle Welsh llam, cognate with Irish léim (“to bound, jump, leap”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *lanxsman (“jump”); or possibly, from a pre-Celtic substrate cognate with Cornish lamm (“leap, jump, bound”), ultimately related to the stock root of lamb.

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