See also: GALS

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡælz/
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  • Rhymes: -ælz

Noun

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gals

  1. plural of gal

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Catalan

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Adjective

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gals

  1. masculine plural of gal

Noun

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gals

  1. plural of gal

Latvian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (ablauted to *gʷol-).

Cognates: Lithuanian gãlas (id.), Old Prussian gallan (acc.), golis (death), Old Norse kveld (evening, end of the day), etc.

Semantic development:

  1. "to stab" > "to kill" > "death", from here the verbs galēt (to slay), galināt, nogalināt (to kill), the same development in Proto-West Germanic *kwalm also from *gʷol-
  2. "to stab" > "a sharp point, tip, end."[1]

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Noun

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gals m (1st declension)

  1. tip, end
  2. (figuratively) demise, death
    darīt sev galuto kill oneself

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gals”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Occitan

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Noun

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gals

  1. plural of gal

Old French

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Noun

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gals m

  1. inflection of gal:
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative singular