allan

See also: Allan and állán

Icelandic

Pronoun

allan

1. masculine accusative singular of allur

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• allann

Etymology

Connected by Morris Jones to Latin palam (“openly”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬan/

Adverb

allan

1. outside, out (away from home or one’s usual place, or not indoors)
2. forward, forth, on (forward in time)

   o hynn allan ― henceforth

   o hynny allan ― thenceforth

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:allan.

Descendants

• Welsh: allan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse allan, masculine accusative singular of allr.

Adjective

allan

1. An accusative form of all, used in fixed expressions such as i allan dag, allan dagen, for allan or utover allan.

Related terms

• all
• aller
• ollo

References

• “allan”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.
• “all” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Adjective

allan

1. masculine accusative singular of allr

Quechua

Verb

allan

1. third-person singular present indicative of allay

Swedish

Noun

allan

1. only used in spela allan

References

• “allan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬan/
• Rhymes: -aɬan

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh allan, connected by Morris Jones to Latin palam (“openly”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Adverb

allan

1. (formal, North Wales colloquial) out

   Synonym: mas

2. outbound

Derived terms

• allan o (“out of”)
• allan o'r cyffredin (“out of the ordinary”)
• allanfa (“exit, way out, outlet, opening”)
• allanol (“external”)
• allanu (“to exit”)
• ffordd allan (“way out”)
• tu allan, (y) tu allan i (“outside”)

• Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "allan"

Mutation

Mutated forms of allan

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
allan	unchanged	unchanged	hallan

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “allan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

allan

1. soft mutation of gallan

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gallan	allan	ngallan	unchanged

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