galún

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlˠuːnˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠuːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠunˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman galun, galon (“liquid measure”), from Old Northern French (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish.

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

1. gallon
2. vessel

Derived terms

• galún taosctha (“pouring vessel; bailing vessel”)
• galún tomhais (“gallon measure”)
• galún Uí Dhónaill (“half-anker”) (of wine or spirits)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English galloon (compare French galon).

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

1. galloon

Declension

Declension of galún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative galún galúin Vocative a ghalúin a ghalúna Genitive galúin galún Dative galún galúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an galún na galúin Genitive an ghalúin na ngalún Dative leis an ngalún don ghalún leis na galúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
galún	ghalún	ngalún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gallon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “galún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language