Old English · adjective

calu

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈkɑ.lu/
Syllables: ˈkɑ · lu (2 syllables)
Modern English: bald callow bare

Meaning

bald
bare

Declension

Strong declension of calu
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	calu calo	calu calo	calu calo
Accusative	calone	calwe	calu calo
Genitive	calwes	calore	calwes
Dative	calwum	calore	calwum
Instrumental	calwe	calore	calwe
Plural
Nominative	calwe	calwa calwe	calu calo
Accusative	calwe	calwa calwe	calu calo
Genitive	calora	calora	calora
Dative	calwum	calwum	calwum
Instrumental	calwum	calwum	calwum

Weak declension of calu
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	calwa	calwe	calwe
Accusative	calwan	calwan	calwe
Genitive	calwan	calwan	calwan
Dative	calwan	calwan	calwan
Instrumental	calwan	calwan	calwan
Plural
Nominative	calwan	calwan	calwan
Accusative	calwan	calwan	calwan
Genitive	calora calwena	calora calwena	calora calwena
Dative	calwum	calwum	calwum
Instrumental	calwum	calwum	calwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *golHwos (“naked, bald”). Cognate with Old Frisian *kalu, Old Saxon kalu, Old Dutch *kalo, Old High German kalo. Latin calvus (“bald”) and Sanskrit कुल्व (kulva, “bald”) are false cognates and derive from a different PIE root.

Descendants

callow

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