From Akkadian 𒋼𒇲 (gallûm, “Gallu”).
gallu (plural gallus)
gallu m (plural gallos)
From Latin gallus. Cognates include Italian gallo and Portuguese galo.
gallu m (plural galli)
gallu o
gallu
From Middle Welsh gallu, from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). Cognate with Irish gal (“ardour, valour”) and Lithuanian galėti (“to be able”).
gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)
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 |
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:
gallu m (plural galluoedd)
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gallu | allu | ngallu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
gallú