galún
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)
Derived terms[edit]
- galún taosctha (“pouring vessel; bailing vessel”)
- galún tomhais (“gallon measure”)
- galún Uí Dhónaill (“half-anker”) (of wine or spirits)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English galloon (compare French galon).
Noun[edit]
galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)
Declension[edit]
Declension of galún
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
galún | ghalún | ngalún |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gallon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “galún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- ga:Units of measure