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gal

See also: Gal, GAL, Gâl, Gál, gäl, gal., -gal, gal-, Gal., and Gał
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English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡæl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1 edit

From gallon.

Noun edit

gal (plural gal or gals)

  1. Abbreviation of gallon.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”).

Noun edit

gal (plural gals)

  1. (colloquial) A young woman.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:girl
    Coordinate term: guy
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Japanese: ギャル (gyaru)

Etymology 3 edit

Shortened from galileo.

Noun edit

gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)

  1. A galileo (unit of acceleration).

See also edit

etymologically unrelated terms containing "gal"

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal (uncountable)

  1. The bodily fluid bile

Bouyei edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Zhuang ga.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal

  1. (anatomy) leg; foot

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gal (feminine gal·la, masculine plural gals, feminine plural gal·les)

  1. Gaulish, Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul)
    Synonym: gàl·lic

Noun edit

gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)

  1. Gaul (a person from Gaul)

Noun edit

gal m (uncountable)

  1. Gaulish (Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul)
    Synonym: gàl·lic

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

Short for galgame, borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from gal +‎ game.

Noun edit

gal

  1. (ACG, video games) galge (video or computer game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls)
    推gal  ―  tuī gal  ―  to play galge

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːˀl/, [ˈɡ̊æˀl]

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish galæn, from Old Norse galinn (“enchanted, mad”), a past participle of gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).

Adjective edit

gal (neuter galt, plural and definite singular attributive gale)

  1. crazy, mad, insane (mentally ill)
  2. mad, angry (showing temper)
  3. wrong (not the right one)
  4. bad

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse gal (“shouting”), derived from the verb gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).

Noun edit

gal n (singular definite galet, plural indefinite gal)

  1. crow (the sound of a cock)
Declension edit
Declension of gal
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gal galet gal galene
genitive gals galets gals galenes

References edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

gal

  1. imperative of gale

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch galle, from Old Dutch galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō.

Noun edit

gal f (uncountable)

  1. Bile, gall (yellow-green bodily fluid secreted by the liver).
  2. Bile, anger, wrath.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: gal
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: gali
  • Negerhollands: gal
  • → Papiamentu: hal, gal

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Latin galla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

gal f (plural gallen, diminutive galletje n)

  1. A gall (abnormal growth on a plant caused by foreign organisms).
Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Emilian edit

 
Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Latin gallus.

Noun edit

gal m

  1. cock

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal m (plural gals)

  1. a unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From gala (“to crow”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)

  1. crowing (of a rooster)
  2. yelling

Declension edit

declension of gal
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative gal galið
accusative gal galið
dative gali galinu
genitive gals galsins

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal f or m (genitive singular gaile, nominative plural gala)

  1. warlike ardor
  2. valor, fury
  3. vapor, steam
  4. boiling heat
  5. puff, whiff (of smoke, hot air)
  6. fit, bout, turn
  7. demand

Declension edit

Declension of gal

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gal gala
Vocative a ghal a ghala
Genitive gaile gal
Dative gal gala

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghal na gala
Genitive na gaile na ngal
Dative leis an ngal

don ghal

leis na gala

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)

  1. blusterer
    Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, galach

Declension edit

Declension of gal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gal g~a
Vocative a ghail a ghala
Genitive gail gal
Dative gal g~a

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gal na g~a
Genitive an ghail na ngal
Dative leis an ngal

don ghal

leis na g~a

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gal ghal ngal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

A shortening derived from "gali (“it may”) būti (“be”)".

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

gál

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonym: galbūt

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English gāl (“lustful, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *gail, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

Adjective edit

gal (Early Middle English)

  1. lascivious, lustful
    • c. 1225, “Oðer dale: fif ƿittes”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 15, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
      naƿt ane euch fleſchlich hondlunge: ah ȝetten euch gal ƿoꝛd: iſ ladlich vilainie […]
      Not just each amorous caress, but even each lustful word is revolting depravity […]
    • Sweche pinen he þolien schal þat her wes of his fles ful gal And wolde louien his fleses wil. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300
  2. overly fond of
    Gripes freteþ hoere mawen And hoere inward everuidel, Ne be þe þarof no so gal, Eft hoe werpeþ al in al. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300

Derived terms edit

References edit

Nalca edit

Noun edit

gal

  1. tree

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse galinn, from gala (“sing bewitching songs, in actuality bewitched by magical singing”).

Adjective edit

gal (neuter singular galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galere, indefinite superlative galest, definite superlative galeste)

  1. insane; crazy; out of one's mind; mad
  2. incorrect; erroneous; wrong; illegal; morally reproachable
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Related to the verb gale.

Noun edit

gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala or galene)

  1. crow ((instance of) rooster's crowing)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

gal

  1. imperative of gale

References edit

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From gala (“to howl”).

Noun edit

gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala)

  1. a crow, howl, scream
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation.

Proper noun edit

gal (upper case Gal)

  1. Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly from English. An abbreviation.

Symbol edit

gal

  1. symbol used to represent a gallon

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

gal

  1. imperative of gala

References edit

Etymology 5 edit

Adjective edit

gal (masculine and feminine gal, neuter galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galare, indefinite superlative galast, definite superlative galaste)

  1. (nonstandard) galen

Etymology 6 edit

Noun edit

gal m

  1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of gard (“farm”)

Anagrams edit

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin gallus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (East Vivaro-Alpine) [ˈdʒal][1]
  • IPA(key): (Provençal) [ˈɡau̯]
  • IPA(key): (East Languedocien) [ˈɡal]
  • IPA(key): (West Languedocien) [ˈɡal]
  • Audio (West Languedocien)(file)

Noun edit

gal m (plural gals)

  1. A cock, rooster

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
  1. ^ Müller 2011: 43. Likewise for the other three pronunciations.

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gail.

Cognate with Old Saxon gēl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”). The Indo-European root may also be the source of Lithuanian gailùs (“sharp, biting”), Russian зело́ (zeló, “very”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gāl (comparative gālra, superlative gālost)

  1. wanton, lustful; wicked
    • And se Iouis wearð swa swyðe gal þæt he on his agenre swyster gewifode.
      And Jove became so depraved that he married his own sister.
      (Wulfstan, De Falsis Deis)

Declension edit

Declension of gāl — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gāl gāl gāl
Accusative gālne gāle gāl
Genitive gāles gālre gāles
Dative gālum gālre gālum
Instrumental gāle gālre gāle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gāle gāla, gāle gāl
Accusative gāle gāla, gāle gāl
Genitive gālra gālra gālra
Dative gālum gālum gālum
Instrumental gālum gālum gālum
Declension of gāl — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gāla gāle gāle
Accusative gālan gālan gāle
Genitive gālan gālan gālan
Dative gālan gālan gālan
Instrumental gālan gālan gālan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gālan gālan gālan
Accusative gālan gālan gālan
Genitive gālra, gālena gālra, gālena gālra, gālena
Dative gālum gālum gālum
Instrumental gālum gālum gālum

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: gal, gol
    • English: gole (dialectal)

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Perhaps from Transalpine Gaulish *gallos.

Noun edit

gal oblique singular, m (oblique plural gaus or gax or gals, nominative singular gaus or gax or gals, nominative plural gal)

  1. a rock

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *galā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal f (genitive gaile)

  1. ardor
  2. fury
  3. valor
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 130
      Co rígaib ránaib cét ngal   co láthib do·ruíchetar.
      With the noble kings of a hundred feats of valour,   they have taken revenge with warriors.

Inflection edit

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative galL gailL galaH
Vocative galL gailL galaH
Accusative gailN gailL galaH
Genitive gaileH galL galN
Dative gailL galaib galaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Unclassified terms derived from gal

Many derivatives of gal serve as verbal nouns to compounds of fichid (“to fight”).

Verbal nouns derived from gal

Gal is also a common as the second element of male given names in Old Irish. Despite all these given names being male, they inherit gal's feminine ā-stem declension.

Given names derived from gal

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: gal
    • Irish: gal
    • Scottish Gaelic: gal

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gal gal
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Old Norse edit

Verb edit

gal

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of gala

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin.

Noun edit

Chemical element
Ga
Previous: cynk (Zn)
Next: german (Ge)

gal m inan

  1. gallium
Declension edit
Declension of gal
singular
nominative gal
genitive galu
dative galowi
accusative gal
instrumental galem
locative galu
vocative galu

Etymology 2 edit

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

Noun edit

gal m inan

  1. A galileo
Declension edit
Declension of gal
singular plural
nominative gal gale
genitive gala gali
dative galowi galom
accusative gal gale
instrumental galem galami
locative galu galach
vocative galu gale

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

gal

  1. genitive plural of gala

Further reading edit

  • gal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

gal (Hanifi spelling 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢)

  1. mouth

Romagnol edit

FWOTD – 21 April 2013

Etymology edit

From Latin găllum (“rooster”), accusative of Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈɡaɐ̯l]

Noun edit

gal m (plural ghël)

  1. rooster (male domestic fowl)
    September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
    E’ gal.
    The rooster.

References edit

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 246

Romanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

Noun edit

gal m (plural gali)

  1. a Gaul

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French gal.

Noun edit

gal m (plural gali)

  1. (physics) unit of measurement of acceleration, equal to 1 centimeter per second squared

See also edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

  1. verbal noun of gail (“cry, weep”)
  2. (act of) crying, wailing
  3. wail

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).

Noun edit

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

  1. burst of light/heat
  2. ardour
  3. valour
  4. fury
  5. vapour, steam

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gal ghal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *galъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡâːl/
  • Hyphenation: gal

Adjective edit

gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)

  1. (dated) black, dark (physical attributes)
  2. (dated) dark fur

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Somali edit

Verb edit

gal

  1. enter
    musqusha gal ― enter the toilet

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

gal

  1. Romanization of 𒃲 (gal)

Swedish edit

Verb edit

gal

  1. inflection of gala:
    1. present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

Zou edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gal

  1. war

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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