Noun: gals
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | gals |
| Accusative | galu |
| Genitive | gala |
| Dative | galam |
| Instrumental | galu |
| Locative | galā |
| Vocative | gal |
Plural
| Nominative | gali |
| Accusative | galus |
| Genitive | galu |
| Dative | galiem |
| Instrumental | galiem |
| Locative | galos |
| Vocative | gali |
Sample Sentences
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darīt sev galu (to kill oneself)
Nouns inflected like gals
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (ablauted to *gʷol-).
2. Cognates: Lithuanian gãlas (“id.”), Old Prussian gallan (acc.), golis (“death”), Old Norse kveld (“evening, end of the day”), etc. The meaning 'death' probably evolved from 'stab' > 'kill' (galināt, nogalināt 'to kill'); the same development is seen in Proto-West Germanic *kwalm, also from *gʷol-. From 'stab', also probably 'tip' > 'end'. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kveld'.
Verbs referencing "gals"
English Nouns
goal.
Translations