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[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Syllable
갈 (transliterations: Revised gal, Yale kal)
- A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅏ, and ㄹ.
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Syllable
갈 (gal)
- 乫: land
- (eumhun reading: 땅 이름 갈)
- 喝: rebuke
- (eumhun reading: 꾸짖을 갈)
- 曷: how
- (eumhun reading: 어찌 갈)
- 渴: thirsty
- (eumhun reading: 목마를 갈)
- 碣: stone tablet
- (eumhun reading: 비 갈)
- 竭: exert
- (eumhun reading: 다할 갈)
- 葛: arrowroot
- (eumhun reading: 칡 갈)
- 褐: hemp clothing
- (eumhun reading: 베옷 갈)
- 蝎: message
- (eumhun reading: 전갈 갈)
- 鞨: Mohe
- (eumhun reading: 말갈 갈)
- 秸: rice straw
- (eumhun reading: 볏짚 갈)
- 蠍: message
- (eumhun reading: 전갈 갈)
- 鶡: crossbill
- 噶: onomatopoeic syllable
- 楬: posted sign
- 羯: castrated ram
[edit] Etymology 3
Inflected form
갈 (gal)
- Future adnominal form of 가다 (gada, “to go”), thus often "who/that will go"
- 서울로 갈 사람
- Seoul-lo gal saram
- someone who will go to Seoul
- Future adnominal form of 갈다 (galda, “to change, grind, or cultivate”)
- 밭을 갈 때
- bat-eul gal ttae
- when plowing the field