lle

See also: llé and -lle

Translingual

Symbol

lle

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lele (Papua New Guinea).

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lele (Papua New Guinea) terms

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎɪ/

Pronoun

lle (plural lles)

2. dative of el and ela: (to) him/her/it
4. dative of vostede: (to) you

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lle”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lleɣ, from Proto-Celtic *legyom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬeː/

• Audio; [çeː]:

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• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

lle m (plural lleoedd or llefydd)

1. place, location

   Synonyms: lleoliad, man, safle, llog

   Mae'r lle 'ma'n brysur iawn drwy'r haf.

   This place is very busy through the summer.

2. space, seat

   Oes 'na le yn y maes parcio 'na?

   Is there a space in that car park?

   Mae rhaid i chi archebu lle ar gyfer y bws lleol.

   You need to book a seat for the local bus.

Usage notes

The plural form lleoedd is more formal in comparison to colloquial llefydd.

Derived terms

• cyfle (“opportunity”)
• (physics, chemistry) cysylltle (“junction”)
• dienyddle (“scaffold, place of execution”)
• drysle (“maze”)
• eisteddle (“grandstand”)
• grugle (“heath”)
• gwagle (“void, empty space”)
• lle chwech (“toilet, loo”)
• lle degol (“decimal place”)
• llecyn (“spot, location”)
• lleol (“local”)
• llywle (“stern”)
• masnachle (“ business zone”)
• o'i le (“out of place, wrong”)
• p'le, ble, ymhle (“where”)
• pysgodle (“fishery”)
• rhywle (“somewhere”)
• safle (“site, location”)
• trigle (“dwelling, abode”)
• unlle (“nowhere”)
• unrhyw le (“anywhere”)
• yn lle (“in place of, in lieu of”)

Adverb

lle

1. (North Wales, colloquial) where

   Lle mae'r brifysgol?

   Where is the university?

   O le wyt ti'n dŵad yn wreiddiol?

   Where are you from originally?

Synonyms

• ble
• (South Wales, colloquial) le

Mutation

Mutated forms of lle

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lle	le	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lle”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies