gallu
See also: gallū
Asturian
Etymology
Noun
gallu m (plural gallos)
- rooster (male domestic fowl)
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
gallu
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “gallu”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”)
Pronunciation
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Verb
gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)
- to be able to, can
- 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.
- Galli di fenthyg y llyfr ’ma ar ôl i mi ddefnyddio fe.
- 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 202:
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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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:
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
Noun
gallu m (plural galluoedd)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- anallu (“inability; impotence”)
Mutation
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