galar

From galo (“rooster”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaɾ/, (western) /ħaˈlaɾ/

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to fertilize (the rooster a hen)

Perhaps from Suevic *galan (to sing, to charm spells), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”)

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to bewitch

   Synonyms: enmeigar, enfeitizar

• galra

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “galar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• galra^[1]

From Old Irish galar,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-. Cognate with Welsh galar (“grief”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠəɾˠ/^[3], /ˈɡal̪ˠəɾˠ/^[4]
• (Connacht)
  • (corresponding to the form galra) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠ(d̪ˠ)ɾˠə/^[5], [ˈɡal̪ˠdɾˠə]^[6], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈɡaːl̪ˠdɾˠə]^[7]
  • (by metathesis) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾˠl̪ˠə/^{[7][8][9][10]}
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡælˠəɾˠ/^[11], /ˈɡalˠəɾˠ/^[11][12][13], /ˈɡɔlˠəɾˠ/^[12][13][14]; /ˈɡalˠaɾˠ/^[12]

galar m (genitive singular galair, nominative plural galair)

1. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease, infection

   Synonym: othras

   Dhá dtrian galair le hoíche. (proverb)

   The risk of illness is greatest at night; sickness is most intense at night.

2. affliction, misery

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “galar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 513; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “galar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “galar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From galo +‎ -ar; compare Spanish gallar.

• Hyphenation: ga‧lar

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to mate with (a female bird) (of a male bird)
2. (transitive, Portugal, colloquial) to ogle
3. (transitive, Portugal, colloquial) to woo, to seduce
4. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to knock up, to get pregnant
5. (intransitive, Northeast Brazil, vulgar) to cum

• “galar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “galar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

From Old Irish galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪ˠəɾ/

galar m (genitive singular galair, plural galaran)

1. disease, sickness, ailment, disorder

   Synonyms: euslaint, tinneas, trioblaid

• galar-ceàirde (“occupational disease”)
• galar-fuail (“diabetes”)
• galar-pearraide (“parrot fever, psittacosis”)

From Middle Welsh galar, from Proto-Brythonic *galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-. Cognate with Irish galar (“sickness”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa(ː)lar/
• Rhymes: -alar

galar m (plural galarau)

1. mourning, grief, sorrow, lament

   Synonyms: gofid, alaeth, tristwch

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “galar”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “galar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies