Welsh

Adjective

caled ‎(feminine singular caled, plural caled, equative caleted, comparative caletach, superlative caletaf)

1. hard
2. 1. rough, cruel, unfeeling, sore, severe (especially of weather, season, etc.), hard to bear
   2. strict, strait
   3. stingy, niggardly, illiberal, thrifty; obstinate
   4. abstruse, difficult, hard (to understand, explain, perform, etc.)

      Mae'r gwaith yn galed iawn‎ ― The work is very hard

   5. hardy, tough
   6. (of water) hard
   7. (phonology, of a consonant) hard, voiceless

Synonyms

• (difficult): anodd

Noun

caled m

1. battle, hard struggle, distress; hard object
2. miser, niggard

Related terms

• caledu ‎(“to harden, become hardened, dry, grow unfeeling or stubborn, render hard or obdurate; to pronounce as voiceless; to grow stingy or niggardly; to become costive or constipated, constipate; to temper”)

Mutation

References

• “caled” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.