calan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalaną (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Cognate with Old Norse kala (“to be cold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɑn/

Verb

calan

  1. (intransitive) to become cool or cold
  2. (intransitive) to be cool or cold

Conjugation
Conjugation of calan (strong class 6)
infinitive calan tō calanne
indicative present past
1st-person singular calo cōl
2nd-person singular cælst cōle
3rd-person singular cælþ cōl
plural calaþ cōlon
subjunctive present past
singular cale cōle
plural calen cōlen
imperative
singular cal
plural calaþ
participle present past
calende (ġe)calen

Derived terms
  • ācalan

Descendants

Somali

Noun

calan ?

  1. flag
    Synonym: calanka

Spanish

Verb

calan

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of calar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of calar.

Volapük

Etymology

From cal +‎ -an.

Noun

calan (plural calans)

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Declension
declension of calan
singular plural
nominative calan calans
genitive calana calanas
dative calane calanes
accusative calani calanis
vocative 1 o calan! o calans!
predicative 2 calanu calanus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin kalendae, calendae, calandae (“calends”). Cognate with Cornish and Breton kalan.

Pronunciation

Noun

calan m (plural calannau)

  1. first day of the month, calends

Derived terms
  • Calan Awst (“Lammas”)
  • Calan Gaeaf (“Halloween”)
  • Calan Mai (“May Day”)
  • calennig (“New Years gift”)
  • Dydd Calan (“New Years Day”)
  • hel calennig (“to go about collecting gifts on New Year's Day”)
  • Hen Galan (“Old New Years Day, New Years Day according to the Julian calendar”)
  • Nos Galan (“New Years Eve”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
calan galan nghalan chalan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “calan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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