galas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "galas"

English

Noun

galas

1. plural of gala

Anagrams

• Gaals, agals

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English glass. Cognate with Malay gelas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalas/
• Hyphenation: ga‧las

Noun

galas

1. glass (drinking vessel)

See also

• cawan (“cup”)

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: gala, galât

Verb

galas

1. second-person singular past historic of galer

Galician

Verb

galas

1. second-person singular present indicative of galar

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latvian gals (“tip, end”), Old Prussian golis (“death”); likely originally an o-grade action noun with meaning “demise” from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to inflict, to project”), and related to root-verb gélti (“to hurt, to sting”). For a semantic parallel, compare Latin punctum (“point; moment”), from pungō (“to puncture, sting”). See also English goal, which may be related.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaːlɐs]

Noun

gãlas m (plural galaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. end, terminal (of process)

   Synonym: pabaigà

2. tip, extreme (of object)
3. back, rear end (of object)

Declension

Declension of gãlas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gãlas	galaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	gãlo	galų̃
dative (naudininkas)	gãlui	galáms
accusative (galininkas)	gãlą	galùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	galù	galaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	galè	galuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gãle	galaĩ

Derived terms

• begalinis (“endless”)
• galúoti (“to cease, to bring demise, to torment”)
• galiùkas (diminutive)
• galìnis (“raremost, extremal”)
  • galìnti (“to terminate, to get to the end”)
• galutìnis (“final”)
• galóp, pagaliaũ (“finally”) (adverb)
• savaitgalis (“weekend”)

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Latin gallus (“Gaul”), of Celtic origin. Possibly etymologically akin to native Lithuanian galià (“power”), galė́ti (“to be able”), gãlinti (“to empower”) from hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to have capacity”).

Noun

galas m

1. (person) Gaul

Related terms

• Galija

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gallas(apfel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.las/

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• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ga‧las

Noun

galas m inan

1. gall (blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants)

   Synonym: galasówka

Declension

Declension of galas

	singular	plural
nominative	galas	galasy
genitive	galasu	galasów
dative	galasowi	galasom
accusative	galas	galasy
instrumental	galasem	galasami
locative	galasie	galasach
vocative	galasie	galasy

Derived terms

adjective

• galasowy

 

noun

• galasówka

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

galas

1. plural of gala

Etymology 2

Verb

galas

1. second-person singular present indicative of galar

Spanish

Adjective

galas

1. feminine plural of galo

Noun

galas f pl

1. plural of gala

Swedish

Noun

galas

1. indefinite genitive singular of gala

Anagrams

• lagas, slaga