gallu

See also: gallū

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Noun

gallu m (plural gallos)

  1. rooster (male domestic fowl)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gallu (first-person singular present gallaf)

  1. to be able to, can
  2. to have permission, can
    • 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 202:
      Galli di fenthyg y llyfr ’ma ar ôl i mi ddefnyddio fe.
      You can borrow the book after I’ve used it.

Usage notes
  • In the colloquial language, the preterite of this verb is almost never used; the past tense is rendered by means of the periphrastic imperfect, e.g. roedd e’n gallu (“he could, he was able to”).
  • In the colloquial language, the future tense of this verb has a present-tense meaning as well, so galla i means both ‘I can’ and ‘I will be able to’.

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gallaf gelli gall, geill gallwn gellwch, gallwch gallant gellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 gallwn gallit gallai gallem gallech gallent gellid
preterite gellais gellaist gallodd gallasom gallasoch gallasant gallwyd
pluperfect gallaswn gallasit gallasai gallasem gallasech gallasent gallasid, gallesid
present subjunctive gallwyf gellych gallo gallom galloch gallont galler
imperative — gall galled gallwn gellwch, gallwch gallent galler
verbal noun gallu
verbal adjectives galledig
galladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future galla i, gallaf i galli di, gelli di gall o/e/hi gallwn ni gallwch chi, gellwch chi gallan nhw
conditional gallwn i, gallswn i gallet ti, gallset ti gallai fo/fe/hi, gallsai fo/fe/hi gallen ni, gallsen ni gallech chi, gallsech chi gallen nhw, gallsen nhw
preterite gallais i, galles i gallaist ti, gallest ti gallodd o/e/hi gallon ni galloch chi gallon nhw
imperative — galla — — gallwch, gellwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Alternative verbal adjective forms:

  • galluedig
  • galluadwy

Alternative conditional forms:

  • gallaswn/llaswn i (“I could, would be able”)
  • gallaset/llaset ti (“you could, would be able”)
  • gallasai/llasai fo/fe/hi (“he/she/it could, would be able”)
  • gallasen/llasen ni (“we could, would be able”)
  • gallasech/llasech chi (“you could, would be able”)
  • gallasen/llasen nhw (“they could, would be able”)

Synonyms
  • (be able to): medru (North Wales)

Antonyms
  • ffili (“fail, be unable, cannot”)
  • methu (“fail, be unable, cannot”)

Noun

gallu m (plural galluoedd)

  1. ability
  2. might, power, potency

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • anallu (“inability; impotence”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gallu allu ngallu unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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