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Allan

Allan

See also: allan and állán

Translingual

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).

English

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Alan.
    • 1866 William 'Wilkie' Collins: Armadale. Kissinger Publishing 2004. ISBN 1417911972 page 288:
      "If I had been a man," she said, "I should so like to have been called Allan!" - - -
      "Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."
  2. A surname​ derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
  3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Danish

Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 452 males with the given name Allan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From English Allan in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A male given name.

Faroese

Etymology

From English Alan, ultimately from Brythonic.

Proper noun

Allan m

  1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Allan: Allansson
  • daughter of Allan: Allansdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Allan
Accusative Allan
Dative Allani
Genitive Allans

Finnish

Etymology

From English Allan at the end of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑlːɑn]
  • Hyphenation: Al‧lan

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A male given name.
    • 2006 Allan Mutka, Rippipuku, Tammi, ISBN 951-31-3487-3, page 96:
      ―Päivää, mä olen Altsu, tai toi Allan on se oikea nimi.
      ―Sehän on mukava miehen nimi, vähän harvinaisempikin, rouva säteili.
      Meinasin sanoa että joo, mustalaismannet suosivat, mutta jätin kuitenkin sanomatta.

Declension

Inflection of Allan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Allan Allanit
genitive Allanin Allanien
partitive Allania Allaneja
illative Allaniin Allaneihin
singular plural
nominative Allan Allanit
accusative nom. Allan Allanit
gen. Allanin
genitive Allanin Allanien
partitive Allania Allaneja
inessive Allanissa Allaneissa
elative Allanista Allaneista
illative Allaniin Allaneihin
adessive Allanilla Allaneilla
ablative Allanilta Allaneilta
allative Allanille Allaneille
essive Allanina Allaneina
translative Allaniksi Allaneiksi
instructive — Allanein
abessive Allanitta Allaneitta
comitative — Allaneineen

Swedish

Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th centruy.

Proper noun

Allan

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.

allan

allan

See also: Allan and állán

Icelandic

Pronoun

allan

  1. masculine accusative singular of allur

Middle Welsh

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

Quechua

Verb

allan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of allay

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɬan/

Adverb

allan

  1. out (away from home or one’s usual place, or not indoors)

Derived terms

  • allanfa f ‎(“exit, way out, outlet, opening”)

Verb

allan

  1. Soft mutation of gallan.

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