calan
Galician edit
Verb edit
calan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kalan, from Proto-Germanic *kalaną (“to be cold”). Cognate with Old Norse kala (“to be cold”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
calan
- (intransitive) to be or get cold (impersonal, with dative or accusative of person)
- Mē cælþ.
- I'm cold.
- (literally, “(To) me (it) is cold.”)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Hwæðer þā welegan nū nǣfre ne hyngre, ne ne þyrste, ne ne cale?
- Do rich people never get hungry, or thirsty, or cold?
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of calan (strong class 6)
infinitive | calan | calenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | — | — |
second person singular | — | — |
third person singular | cæleþ, cælþ | cōl |
plural | — | — |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | cale | cōle |
plural | — | — |
imperative | ||
singular | — | |
plural | — | |
participle | present | past |
calende | (ġe)cælen, (ġe)calen |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: calen
See also edit
Somali edit
Noun edit
calan ?
Spanish edit
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calan
Tagalog edit
Noun edit
calán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)
Volapük edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
calan (nominative plural calans)
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Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh kalan, from Proto-Brythonic *kalann (compare Cornish and Breton kalan), from Vulgar Latin *calandae, from Latin kalendae (“calends”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkalan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːlan/, /ˈkalan/
Noun edit
calan m (plural calannau)
- first day of the month, calends
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
calan | galan | nghalan | chalan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “calan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
See cognate Ternate cala for more.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
calan
- thousand
- calan lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― one thousand and ninety-nine
Usage notes edit
This serves as a numeral root. For the specific number one thousand (1000), the forms calan minye or calannye must be used.