gallu

See also: gallū

English

Alternative forms

• galla

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋼𒇲 (gallûm, “Gallu”).

Noun

gallu (plural gallus)

1. Great demons or devils of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.
2. A human adversary, one that is dangerous and implacable.

Further reading

• gallu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gulla, gulal

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Noun

gallu m (plural gallos)

1. rooster (male domestic fowl)

   Synonym: pitu

Corsican

Un gallu.

Alternative forms

• ghjallu, ghjaddu

Etymology

From Latin gallus. Cognates include Italian gallo and Portuguese galo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalːu/
• Hyphenation: gal‧lu

Noun

gallu m (plural galli)

1. rooster

References

• “gallu, ghjallu, ghjaddu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fula

Noun

gallu o

1. (Pulaar) district

Related terms

• gallude

 

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalːu]

Noun

gallu

1. fence
2. cage
3. jail

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “gallu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gallu, from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). Cognate with Irish gal (“ardour, valour”) and Lithuanian galėti (“to be able”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬi/
• Rhymes: -aɬɨ

Verb

gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)

1. to be able to, can
2. to have permission, can

   Synonym: medru

   Antonyms: ffaelu, methu

   • King, Gareth (1993) Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 202:

     Galli di fenthyg y llyfr ’ma ar ôl i mi ddefnyddio fe.

     You can borrow the book after I’ve used it.

   Synonym: cael

Usage notes

• In the colloquial language, the preterite of this verb is almost never used; the past tense is rendered by means of the periphrastic imperfect, e.g. roedd e’n gallu (“he could, he was able to”).
• In the colloquial language, the future tense of this verb has a present-tense meaning as well, so galla i means both ‘I can’ and ‘I will be able to’.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gallaf	gelli	gall, geill	gallwn	gellwch, gallwch	gallant	gellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gallwn	gallit	gallai	gallem	gallech	gallent	gellid
preterite	gellais	gellaist	gallodd	gallasom	gallasoch	gallasant	gallwyd
pluperfect	gallaswn	gallasit	gallasai	gallasem	gallasech	gallasent	gallasid, gallesid
present subjunctive	gallwyf	gellych	gallo	gallom	galloch	gallont	galler
imperative	—	gall	galled	gallwn	gellwch, gallwch	gallent	galler
verbal noun	gallu
verbal adjectives	galledig galladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	galla i, gallaf i	galli di, gelli di	gall o/e/hi	gallwn ni	gallwch chi, gellwch chi	gallan nhw
conditional	gallwn i, gallswn i	gallet ti, gallset ti	gallai fo/fe/hi, gallsai fo/fe/hi	gallen ni, gallsen ni	gallech chi, gallsech chi	gallen nhw, gallsen nhw
preterite	gallais i, galles i	gallaist ti, gallest ti	gallodd o/e/hi	gallon ni	galloch chi	gallon nhw
imperative	—	galla	—	—	gallwch, gellwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Alternative verbal adjective forms:

• galluedig
• galluadwy

Alternative conditional forms:

• gallaswn/llaswn i (“I could, would be able”)
• gallaset/llaset ti (“you could, would be able”)
• gallasai/llasai fo/fe/hi (“he/she/it could, would be able”)
• gallasen/llasen ni (“we could, would be able”)
• gallasech/llasech chi (“you could, would be able”)
• gallasen/llasen nhw (“they could, would be able”)

Synonyms

• (be able to): medru (North Wales)

Antonyms

• ffili (“fail, be unable, cannot”)
• methu (“fail, be unable, cannot”)

Noun

gallu m (plural galluoedd)

1. ability
2. might, power, potency

Synonyms

• (ability): medr
• (might): grym, nerth

Antonyms

• anallu (“inability; impotence”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gallu	allu	ngallu	unchanged

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

Yogad

Noun

gallú

1. noise