galra

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Suevic *galdra (charm, incantation, spell), from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (sing, charm), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout, scream, charm away)

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡalra/ [ˈɡɑl.rɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħalra/ [ˈħɑl.rɐ]

  • Rhymes: -alra
  • Hyphenation: gal‧ra

Noun

galra f (plural galras)

  1. voice, speech (faculty of speech)
  2. word, talk
  3. gab, conversation

References

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠd̪ˠɾˠə/[1]

Noun

galra m (genitive singular galra, nominative plural galraí)

  1. Aran form of galar (sickness)

Declension

Declension of galra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative galra galraí
vocative a ghalra a ghalraí
genitive galra galraí
dative galra galraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an galra na galraí
genitive an ghalra na ngalraí
dative leis an ngalra
don ghalra
leis na galraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of galra
radical lenition eclipsis
galra ghalra ngalra

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 120

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