pelen

See also: pełen

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

pelen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pelar

Galician

Verb

pelen

  1. inflection of pelar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pellere, and compare Old English pilian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːlən/

Verb

pelen

  1. To beat or strike violently

Conjugation

Conjugation of pelen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) pelen, pele
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pele peled
2nd-person singular pelest peledest
3rd-person singular peleth peled
subjunctive singular pele
imperative singular
plural1 pelen, pele peleden, pelede
imperative plural peleth, pele
participles pelynge, pelende peled, ypeled

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • Yola: peale

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pelen m

  1. definite singular of pel

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pelen m inan (Cyrillic spelling пелен)

  1. alternative form of pèlin (artemisia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpelen/ [ˈpe.lẽn]
  • Rhymes: -elen
  • Syllabification: pe‧len

Verb

pelen

  1. inflection of pelar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

Etymology

pêl +‎ -en

Noun

pelen f (plural pelennau or pelenni)

  1. diminutive of pêl (ball)
  2. cannonball; bullet
  3. pellet
    Synonym: peled
  4. (occasionally) pill
    Synonym: pilsen

Derived terms

  • pelen canon (cannonball)
  • pelen y llygad (eyeball)
  • tân-belen (bombshell)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pelen
radical soft nasal aspirate
pelen belen mhelen phelen

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), “pelen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies