galan

See also: galán, Galan, and Galán

Galician

Verb

galan

1. third-person plural present indicative of galar

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *galan, from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ.lɑn/

Verb

galan

1. to sing; enchant
2. to cry, call, scream
3. to cast spells, practice sorcery, sing charms

Conjugation

Conjugation of galan (strong class 6)

infinitive	galan	galenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	gale	gōl
second person singular	gælest, gælst	gōle
third person singular	gæleþ, gælþ	gōl
plural	galaþ	gōlon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	gale	gōle
plural	galen	gōlen
imperative
singular	gal
plural	galaþ
participle	present	past
	galende	(ġe)galen

Related terms

• ġiellan
• ongalan
• ongalend
• orgello

Descendants

• Middle English: galen
  • English: gale
  • Scots: gale

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *galan.

Verb

galan

1. to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of galan (strong class 6)

infinitive	galan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	galu	gōl
2nd person singular	gelis	gōli
3rd person singular	gelid	gōl
plural	galad	gōlun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	gale	gōli
2nd person singular	gales	gōlis
3rd person singular	gale	gōli
plural	galen	gōlin
imperative	present
singular	gal
plural	galad
participle	present	past
	galandi	gigalan, galan

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪ˠan/

Noun

galan m (genitive singular galain, plural galanan)

1. gallon (unit of volume)

Mutation

Mutation of galan

radical	lenition
galan	ghalan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

Noun

galan

1. definite singular of gala

Anagrams

• galna, langa

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːlan/, /ˈɡalan/

Noun

galan

1. Soft mutation of calan.

Mutation

Mutated forms of calan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
calan	galan	nghalan	chalan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.