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

Derived terms

  • ācalan

Descendants

Somali

Noun

calan ?

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    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

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

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

  • “calan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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