luns

English

Noun

luns

1. plural of lun

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lunse. Compare German Lünse. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʏns/

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• Hyphenation: luns
• Rhymes: -ʏns

Noun

luns f (plural lunzen, no diminutive)

1. linchpin
2. any pin inserted into an opening to keep an object in place

Descendants

• Afrikaans: luns

Galician

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luns

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Alternative forms

• luis, lus

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũes, from Latin Lūnae dīēs, variant of dīēs Lūnae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluŋs/ [ˈluŋs̺]
• Rhymes: -uŋs
• Hyphenation: luns

Noun

luns m (invariable)

1. Monday
   • 1434, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 156:

     Dia luns, quinse dias do dito mes de novenbre

     Monday, November 15

   Synonym: segunda feira

See also

• days of the week: días da semana (appendix): luns · martes · mércores · xoves · venres · sábado · domingo ^[edit]

References

• “luns”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lues”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lũes”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lũus”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “luns”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “luns”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “luns”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “luns”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

luns

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃

Swedish

Noun

luns c

1. (colloquial) a clumsy (male) person

   Synonym: klumpeduns

Declension

Declension of luns

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	luns	luns
	definite	lunsen	lunsens
plural	indefinite	lunsar	lunsars
	definite	lunsarna	lunsarnas

References

• luns in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• luns in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)