[ˈɡaːlɐs]
KilmėCognate with Latvian gals (“tip, end”), Old Prussian golis (“death”); from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galas, likely originally an o-grade action noun with meaning “demise” from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to inflict, to project”), and related to root-verb gélti (“to hurt, to sting”).
For a semantic parallel, compare Latin punctum (“point; moment”), from pungō (“to puncture, sting”). See also English goal, which may be related.
- end, terminal (of process)
- tip, extreme (of object)
- back, rear end (of object)
- masculine, personGaul
Formosgãlas(canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-4) · galai̇̃(plural) · gãlas(nominative, singular) · galai̇̃(nominative, plural) · gãlo(genitive, singular) · galų̃(genitive, plural) · gãlui(dative, singular) · galáms(dative, plural) · gãlą(accusative, singular) · galùs(accusative, plural) · galù(instrumental, singular) · galai̇̃s(instrumental, plural) · galè(locative, singular) · galuosè(locative, plural) · gãle(singular, vocative) · galai̇̃(plural, vocative)