galra

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Suevic *galdra (charm, incantation, spell), from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalra̝/, (western) /ˈħalra̝/

Noun

galra f (plural galras)

1. voice, speech (faculty of speech)
2. word, talk
3. gab, conversation

Related terms

• galar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠd̪ˠɾˠə/

Noun

galra m (genitive singular galra, nominative plural galraí)

1. Aran form of galar (“sickness”)

Declension

Declension of galra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative galra galraí vocative a ghalra a ghalraí genitive galra galraí dative galra galraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an galra na galraí genitive an ghalra na ngalraí dative leis an ngalra don ghalra leis na galraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of galra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
galra	ghalra	ngalra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN