alan
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
alan (plural alans)
- Alternative form of alaunt
AnagramsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
ParticipleEdit
alan
CzechEdit
NounEdit
alan m
- alane, aluminium hydride (AlH3)
Further readingEdit
- Chemické názvosloví anorganických sloučenin by Musilová and Peňázová, 2000, ped.muni.cz
- Chemické názvosloví apparently by Zdeněk Mička, natur.cuni.cz
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
alan
- Genitive singular form of ala.
VerbEdit
alan
- First-person singular indicative present form of alkaa.
AnagramsEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
alan
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽
HiligaynonEdit
AdjectiveEdit
álan
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
alan
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of alan (strong class 6)
infinitive | alan | alenne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ale | ōl |
2nd-person singular | ælest, ælst | ōle |
3rd-person singular | æleþ, ælþ | ōl |
plural | alaþ | ōlon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | ale | ōle |
plural | alen | ōlen |
imperative | ||
singular | al | |
plural | alaþ | |
participle | present | past |
alende | (ġe)ælen, (ġe)alen |
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ottoman Turkish آلاڭ (alañ, “glade, plain ground”).
NounEdit
alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)
- area, square as for place.
- Tarlanın alanı 150.000 hektarla en büyüktü.
- The area of the field was with 150.000 hectares the largest.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | alan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | alanı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | alan | alanlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | alanı | alanları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | alana | alanlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | alanda | alanlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | alandan | alanlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | alanın | alanların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology 2Edit
From Ottoman Turkish آلان (alan), equivalent to almak (“to take, to receive”) + -an.
AdjectiveEdit
alan (comparative daha alan, superlative en alan)
- recipient, susceptive
- Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)
- The one who is the recipient of the horse has already passed Üsküdar. (It is too late to do anything; you have missed the train.)
NounEdit
alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)
- The person who takes something.
- Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)
- The person who took the horse has passed Üsküdar. (Too late to do anything about it, as the chance has been missed.)
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈalan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːlan/, /ˈalan/
NounEdit
alan m (plural alannon)
Derived termsEdit
- alan bach (“white butterbur, Petasites albus”)
- alan bychan (“coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara”)
- alan gawr (“giant butterbur, Petasites japonicus”)
- alan mawr (“butterbur (plant), Petasites hybridus”)
- alan mis bach (“winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans”)
- alan mwyaf (“giant butterbur, Petasites japonicus”)
- alan pêr (“winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans”)
- gwyfyn yr alan (“butterbur (moth), Hydraecia petasitis”)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
alan | unchanged | unchanged | halan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “alan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies