гала

See also: Галя, Appendix:Variations of "gala", and Appendix:Variations of "hala"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gala. First attested in 1902.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɫɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɫɐ
• Syllabification^(key): га‧ла

Adjective

га́ла • (gála) (indeclinable)

1. gala (celebratory; festive)

Derived terms

compound nouns

• галавечеря (galavečerja)
• галаконцерт (galakoncert)
• галаобед (galaobed)
• галаобяд (galaobjad)
• галапредставление (galapredstavlenie)

References

• “гала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гала”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “гала”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Mariupol Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάλα (gála). Cognates include Greek γάλα (gála).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣäɫɐ]
• Hyphenation: га‧ла

Noun

га́ла • (hála) n

1. milk

Declension

Declension of га́ла

	singular	plural
nominative	га́ла (hála)	га́лата (hálata)
oblique	га́ла (hála)	га́латас (hálatas)

^*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.

References

• T. N. Chernysheva, editor (1859), “гала”, in Греческий глосарий Ф. А. Хартахая [The Greek glossary of F. A. Xartaxay], published 1959
• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006), “гала”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 56
• G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013), Румеку глоса‎^[1], Donetsk, page 62