Word "flag" in Welsh

Last modified: 2025-06-19 by antónio martins
Keywords: baner | faner | maner | banerau | baneri | fanerau | manerau | faneri | maneri | fflag | ꝼlaᵹ | lluman | luman | llumanau | ỻuman | lumanau |
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baner

• Overview
• Word " baner "
• Word " faner "
• Word " maner "
• Word " banerau "
• Word " baneri "
• Word " fanerau "
• Word " manerau "
• Word " faneri "
• Word " maneri "
• Word " fflag "
• Word " ꝼlaᵹ "
• Word " lluman "
• Word " luman "
• Word " llumanau "
• Word " ỻuman "
• Word " lumanau "

• Genetic affiliation: > Borean > Nostratic > Eurasiatic-Amerind > Eurasiatic > Indo-Uralic > Indo-European > Celtic > p-Celtic > Brittonic
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Overview

In Welsh, "to flag" is "llumanu"; BBC Wales website has some great resources for anyone interested in learning the language. Here’s a link to the full conjugation of "llumanu".
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007

Llech?

"Llech" / "y llech" means "slab" or "rickets", decidedly not flag words.
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007

Word " baner "

Word:

baner

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Noun class:

♀ (feminine)

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

1 other wordform

External links:

• Welsh Wikipedia article about baner
• English Wikitionary entry about baner
• Welsh Wikitionary entry about baner

"Baner" / "y faner" is the general word for "flag" (plural is "banerau" or "baneri", with mutations: "fanerau" / "faneri", "maner" (sg.) / "manerau" / "maneri"). "National Flag" is "y Faner Genedlaethol"; "my flag" is "fy maner".
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007

Word " faner "

Word:

faner

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "baner"

Word " maner "

Word:

maner

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "baner"

Word " banerau "

Word:

banerau

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "baner"

Word " baneri "

Word:

baneri

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "baner"

Word " fanerau "

Word:

fanerau

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "banerau"

Word " manerau "

Word:

manerau

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "banerau"

Word " faneri "

Word:

faneri

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "baneri"

Word " maneri "

Word:

maneri

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "baneri"

Word " fflag "

Word:

fflag

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*flag

Meaning:

flag (other)

Remarks:

seldom use

It turns out that several sources I’ve looked at show that "fflag(en)" actually means "flag-stick"(?) and with the "-en" means "flagstone" although I’ve come across instances of "fflag" being used for "flag".
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007

Word " ꝼlaᵹ "

Word:

ꝼlaᵹ

Script:

Latin (Gaelic variant)

Variant:

historical/residual form of "fflag"

Word " lluman "

Word:

lluman

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*luman

Meaning:

ensign, sports flag, banner, standard

"Lluman" / "y lluman" is used to describe ensigns and sports flags (pl. "llumanau", with mutations: "luman" / "lumanau"). The Red Ensign is "y Lluman Coch"; the Blue Ensign is "y Lluman Glas"; the White Ensign is "y Lluman Gwyn".
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007

Word " luman "

Word:

luman

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "lluman"

Word " llumanau "

Word:

llumanau

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "lluman"

Word " ỻuman "

Word:

ỻuman

Script:

Latin (Gaelic variant)

Variant:

historical/residual form of "lluman"

Word " lumanau "

Word:

lumanau

Script:

Latin

Variant:

mutation of "llumanau"

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