gallout

Breton

Alternative forms

• gellout

Etymology

From Middle Breton galloet, from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). Cognate with Cornish gallos, Welsh gallu.

Verb

gallout

1. (auxillary) can/to con, to be able

Usage notes

• This verb can either appear as gallout or as gellout, forms with gall- are more common in the infinitive and past participle and forms with gell- appear mostly in conjugated forms however. This difference is also know in Cornish where the same verb gallos sometimes has a gyll- conjugation. These alternative roots are however normalized in Cornish conjugation, see gallos.
• Gallout can't be conjugated using the auxiliary verb ober like most Breton verbs because it is itself an auxiliary. Thus you have to say ma zi a c'hallan gwerzhañ or me a c'hall gwerzhañ ma zi instead of expected *gallout a ran gwerzhañ ma zi for I can sell my house.

Inflection

Mutation of gallout

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gallout	c'hallout	unchanged	kallout	c'hallout

Conjugation

Conjugation of gallout

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	gallan	gallez	gall	gallomp	gallit	gallont	galler
	preterite	gallis	galljout	gallas	galljomp	galljoc'h	galljont	galljod
	imperfect	gallen	galles	galle	gallemp	gallec'h	gallent	galled
	future	gallin	galli	gallo	gallimp	gallot	gallint	gallor
subjunctive	present	gallfen	gallfes	gallfe	gallfemp	gallfec'h	gallfent	gallfed
	imperfect	galljen	galljes	gallje	galljemp	galljec'h	galljent	galljed
imperative		—	gall	gallet	gallomp	gallit	gallent	—
non-finite forms		present participle		past participle
		o c'hallout		gallet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

Conjugation of gallout

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	gellan	gellez	gell	gellomp	gellit	gellont	geller
	preterite	gellis	gelljout	gellas	gelljomp	gelljoc'h	gelljont	gelljod
	imperfect	gellen	gelles	gelle	gellemp	gellec'h	gellent	gelled
	future	gellin	gelli	gello	gellimp	gellot	gellint	gellor
subjunctive	present	gellfen	gellfes	gellfe	gellfemp	gellfec'h	gellfent	gellfed
	imperfect	gelljen	gelljes	gellje	gelljemp	gelljec'h	gelljent	gelljed
imperative		—	gell	gellet	gellomp	gellit	gellent	—
non-finite forms		present participle		past participle
		o c'hellout		gellet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

Derived terms

• galloud