talan

See also: talán and -talan

Faroese

Noun

talan f (genitive singular talanar, plural talanir)

1. talking, saying (in expressions)

Declension

Declension of talan
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	talan	talanin	talanir	talanirnar
accusative	talan	talanina	talanir	talanirnar
dative	talan	talanini	talanum	talanunum
genitive	talanar	talanarinnar	talana	talananna

Derived terms

• talan er um ... - (we are) talking about ...

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Icelandic

Noun

1. definite nominative singular of tala

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• talant
• talent

Etymology

Latin talentum.

Adjective

talan m (oblique plural talans, nominative singular talans, nominative plural talan)

1. wish; desire

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “talentum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 36

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Spanish

Verb

talan

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of talar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of talar.

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Swedish

Etymology

tala +‎ -an

Noun

talan c

1. proceeding, speech, the right to speak

   föra talan inför domstolar och andra myndigheter

   be a party to legal proceedings

   rätt att föra talan

   rights to bring actions

   En sådan talan skall väckas inom två månader

   Such proceedings shall be instituted within two months

   att pröva talan som väcks av en medlemsstat'

   have jurisdiction in actions brought by a Member State

Usage notes

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Declension

Declension of talan
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	talan	talan	—	—
Genitive	talans	talans	—	—

Anagrams

• altan, antal

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• talant (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtalan/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlan/, /ˈtalan/

Verb

talan

1. (colloquial) third-person singular future of tali

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
talan	dalan	nhalan	thalan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.