kell

English

Etymology

Compare caul.

Noun

kell (plural kells)

1. (obsolete) The caul.
2. (obsolete, figuratively) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
   • Beaumont and Flanders

     I'll have him cut to the kell.

3. (obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɛlː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kalljo- (“testicle”) (compare Cornish kell, Welsh caill).

Noun

kell f (dual divgell, plural kelloù)

1. testicle

Etymology 2

From Latin cella (compare Old Irish cell).

Noun

kell f

1. cell (of prisoner, monk):

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Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish skälla.

Noun

kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)

1. clock
2. bell

Declension

Declension of kell (type külm)

	singular	plural
nominative	kell	kellad
genitive	kella	kellade
partitive	kella	kelli kellasid
illative	kella kellasse	kelladesse kellisse
inessive	kellas	kellades kellis
elative	kellast	kelladest kellist
allative	kellale	kelladele kellile
adessive	kellal	kelladel kellil
ablative	kellalt	kelladelt kellilt
translative	kellaks	kelladeks kelliks
terminative	kellani	kelladeni
essive	kellana	kelladena
abessive	kellata	kelladeta
comitative	kellaga	kelladega

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɛlː/

Verb

kell

1. the verb used to express need or having to do something

   Ezt látnod kell. - You have to / need to / must see it.

2. be needed

   Kell nekem az a ház. - I need that house.

Conjugation

conjugation of kell

Infinitive			kelleni
Past participle			kellett
Present participle			kellő
Future participle			-
Adverbial participle			kellve
Potential			kellhet
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	kellek	kellesz	kell	kellünk	kelletek	kellenek
		Definite	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
	Past	Indefinite	kellettem	kellettél	kellett	kellettünk	kellettetek	kellettek
		Definite	-
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	kellenék	kellenél	kellene	kellenénk	kellenétek	kellenének
		Definite	-
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	kelljek	kellj or kelljél	kelljen	kelljünk	kelljetek	kelljenek
		Definite	-
Conjugated Infinitive			kellenem	kellened	kellenie	kellenünk	kellenetek	kelleniük

Derived terms

• kellemes
• kellemetlen

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Maltese

Etymology

From kien (“he was”) + l- (“to”)

Verb

kellu (imperfect ikoll)

1. he had (possession; functional past of għand)
2. he had to (obligation (with following verb))

Inflection

    Inflected forms

Base form			kell
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common
First person	kellni		kellna
Second person	kellek		kellkom
Third person	kellu	kellha	kellhom

Usage notes

• The inflection of this verbal form is akin to a defective verb (in the third person singular) followed by object pronoun affixes.

When referring to possession, the inflected form is followed by a noun:

Kellni ktieb -- I had a book

When meaning "had to", each inflected form is followed by a corresponding conjugated form of the sense verb in the imperfective:

Kellna niġu -- We had to go

Related terms

• ikoll

See also

• għand (possessive)