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): /ˈɡalra̝/, (western) /ˈħalra̝/

Noun

galra f (plural galras)

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

Related terms

• galar

References

• “galra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠd̪ˠɾˠə/

Noun

galra m (genitive singular galra, nominative plural galraí)

1. Aran form of galar (“sickness”)

Declension

Declension of galra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative galra galraí Vocative a ghalra a ghalraí Genitive galra galraí Dative galra galraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an galra na galraí Genitive an ghalra na ngalraí Dative leis an ngalra don ghalra leis na galraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
galra	ghalra	ngalra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN