gallu

See also: gallū

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋼𒇲 (gallûm, “gallu”).[1]

Noun

gallu (plural gallu or gallus)

  1. A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.

References

  1. ^ Morris, John (1880), The new nation‎[1], Original from Oxford University, page 40& 311 (volume 3 of 5): “Gallu demon.”

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gelH-
Proto-Italic *galsos
Latin gallus
Asturian gallu

    Inherited from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic *galsos, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to call”).

    Noun

    gallu m (plural gallos)

    1. rooster (male domestic fowl)
      Synonym: pitu

    Corsican

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gelH-
    Proto-Italic *galsos
    Latin gallus
    Corsican gallu

      Inherited from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic *galsos, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to call”).

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      gallu m (plural galli)

      1. rooster

      References

      Fula

      Noun

      gallu o

      1. (Pulaar) district
      • gallude

      References

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

      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

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Middle Welsh gallu, from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). Cognate with Irish gal (“ardour, valour”) and Lithuanian galėti (“to be able”).[1][2]

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)

      1. to be able to, can
        Synonym: (North Wales) medru
        Antonyms: ffaelu, methu
      2. to have permission, can
        Synonym: cael
        • 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.

      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 of gallu (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 of gallu (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”)

      Noun

      gallu m (plural galluoedd)

      1. ability
        Synonym: medr
        Antonym: annallu
      2. might, power, potency
        Synonyms: grym, nerth
        Antonym: annallu

      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.

      References

      1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 100 iii (2)
      2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gallu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

      Yogad

      Noun

      gallú

      1. noise
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