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Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kaletos. Cognate with Welsh caled.
Adjective
calad
- hard
Inflection
| o/ā-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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calad
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calad
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calad
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| Vocative
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calaid*
calad**
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| Accusative
|
calad
|
calaid
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| Genitive
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calaid
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cailte
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calaid
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| Dative
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calad
|
calaid
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calad
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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| Nominative
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calaid
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cailtea
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| Vocative
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cailtiu
cailtea†
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| Accusative
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cailtiu
cailtea†
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| Genitive
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calad
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| Dative
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cailtib
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| Notes
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*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Possibly from Late Latin calatum, but more likely a substantive use of Etymology 1, i.e. solid land as opposed to the sea (eDIL).
Noun
calad m
- shore, port, landing
Declension
| Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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calad
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caladL
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calaidL
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| Vocative
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calaid
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caladL
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caladuH
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| Accusative
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caladN
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caladL
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caladuH
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| Genitive
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calaidL
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calad
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caladN
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| Dative
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caladL
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caladaib
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caladaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of calad
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| calad
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chalad
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calad
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 calad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 calad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Verb
calad
- second-person plural imperative of calar