galún

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlˠuːnˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡalˠuːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡalˠunˠ/

Etymology 1

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

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

  1. gallon
  2. vessel
Derived terms
  • galún taosctha (“pouring vessel; bailing vessel”)
  • galún tomhais (“gallon measure”)
  • galún Uí Dhónaill (“half-anker”) (of wine or spirits)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English galloon (compare French galon).

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

  1. galloon

Declension
Declension of galún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative galún galúin
Vocative a ghalúin a ghalúna
Genitive galúin galún
Dative galún galúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an galún na galúin
Genitive an ghalúin na ngalún
Dative leis an ngalún

don ghalún

 leis na galúin

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
  • "galún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “gallon” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “galún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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