gallu

See also: gallū

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Noun

gallu m (plural gallos)

1. rooster (male domestic fowl)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬi/

Verb

gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)

1. to be able to, can
2. to have permission, can
   • 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 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 (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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gallu	allu	ngallu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.