From the name of a local Celtic tribe (compare Ancient Greek Καλλαϊκοί (Kallaïkoí)); either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-; + a relational suffix *-aecus, of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.
gallaecus (feminine gallaeca, neuter gallaecum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | gallaecus | gallaeca | gallaecum | gallaecī | gallaecae | gallaeca | |
Genitive | gallaecī | gallaecae | gallaecī | gallaecōrum | gallaecārum | gallaecōrum | |
Dative | gallaecō | gallaecō | gallaecīs | ||||
Accusative | gallaecum | gallaecam | gallaecum | gallaecōs | gallaecās | gallaeca | |
Ablative | gallaecō | gallaecā | gallaecō | gallaecīs | |||
Vocative | gallaece | gallaeca | gallaecum | gallaecī | gallaecae | gallaeca |