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gal

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

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

From gallon.

NounEdit

gal (plural gal or gals)

  1. Abbreviation of gallon.

Etymology 2Edit

Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.

NounEdit

gal (plural gals)

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

Etymology 3Edit

Shortened from galileo.

NounEdit

gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)

  1. A galileo (unit of acceleration).

See alsoEdit

etymologically unrelated terms containing "gal"

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gal (uncountable)

  1. The bodily fluid bile

BouyeiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gal

  1. (anatomy) leg; foot

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

NounEdit

gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)

  1. Gaul (a person from Gaul)

NounEdit

gal m (uncountable)

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

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

NounEdit

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

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːˀl/, [ˈɡ̊æˀl]

Etymology 1Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

gal n (singular definite galet, plural indefinite gal)

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

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

gal

  1. imperative of gale

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

gal f (uncountable)

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

gal f (plural gallen, diminutive galletje n)

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

AnagramsEdit

EmilianEdit

 
Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eml

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gallus.

NounEdit

gal m

  1. cock

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gal m (plural gals)

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

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From gala (“to crow”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)

  1. crowing (of a rooster)
  2. yelling

DeclensionEdit

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

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

NounEdit

gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)

  1. blusterer
    Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, galach

DeclensionEdit

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

MutationEdit

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 readingEdit

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

gál

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonym: galbūt

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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, January 2018:
      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 termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

NalcaEdit

NounEdit

gal

  1. tree

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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 termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Related to the verb gale.

NounEdit

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

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

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

gal

  1. imperative of gale

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From gala (“to howl”).

NounEdit

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

  1. a crow, howl, scream
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation.

Proper nounEdit

gal (upper case Gal)

  1. Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.

Etymology 3Edit

Possibly from English. An abbreviation.

SymbolEdit

gal

  1. symbol used to represent a gallon

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

gal

  1. imperative of gala

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 5Edit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. (nonstandard) galen

Etymology 6Edit

NounEdit

gal m

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

AnagramsEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gallus.

PronunciationEdit

  • 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)

NounEdit

gal m (plural gals)

  1. A cock, rooster

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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 EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin callum.

NounEdit

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

  1. A rock

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *galā.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

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

MutationEdit

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 readingEdit

Old NorseEdit

VerbEdit

gal

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of gala

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin.

NounEdit

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

gal m inan

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

Etymology 2Edit

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

NounEdit

gal m inan

  1. A galileo
DeclensionEdit
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 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

gal

  1. genitive plural of gala

Further readingEdit

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

RohingyaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

gal (Hanifi spelling 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢)

  1. mouth

RomagnolEdit

FWOTD – 21 April 2013

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

ReferencesEdit

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1999) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Zanichelli

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

NounEdit

gal m (plural gali)

  1. a Gaul

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French gal.

NounEdit

gal m (plural gali)

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

See alsoEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

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

MutationEdit

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.

ReferencesEdit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *galъ.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

SomaliEdit

VerbEdit

gal

  1. enter
    musqusha gal ― enter the toilet

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

gal

  1. Romanization of 𒃲 (gal)

SwedishEdit

VerbEdit

gal

  1. present tense of gala.
  2. imperative of gala.

AnagramsEdit

ZouEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gal

  1. war

ReferencesEdit

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