galún

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlˠuːnˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡalˠuːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡalˠunˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman galun, galon (“liquid measure”), from Old Northern French (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish.

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

  1. gallon
  2. vessel
Derived terms
  • galún taosctha (“pouring vessel; bailing vessel”)
  • galún tomhais (“gallon measure”)
  • galún Uí Dhónaill (“half-anker”) (of wine or spirits)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English galloon (compare French galon).

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

  1. galloon

Declension

Declension of galún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative galún galúin
vocative a ghalúin a ghalúna
genitive galúin galún
dative galún galúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an galún na galúin
genitive an ghalúin na ngalún
dative leis an ngalún
don ghalún 		leis na galúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of galún
radical lenition eclipsis
galún ghalún ngalún

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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