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caled.

hard (resistant to pressure)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkalɛd/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈkalad/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈka(ː)lɛd/South-Wales

  1. hard (resistant to pressure)

    Mae'r bisgedi'n galed iawn

  2. hard, difficult

    Mae'r gwaith yn galed iawn
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh caled, from Proto-Brythonic *kaled, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (compare Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, calad), from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). See Latin callum (“a hard substance”). Possible doublet of call (“wise, sensible”).

noun/ˈkalɛd/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈkalad/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈka(ː)lɛd/South-Wales

  1. battle, hard struggle, distress; hard object

    masculine

  2. miser, niggard

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh caled, from Proto-Brythonic *kaled, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (compare Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, calad), from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). See Latin callum (“a hard substance”). Possible doublet of call (“wise, sensible”).

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