gals

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡælz/ Rhymes: -ælz === Noun === gals plural of gal === Anagrams === Glas, LGAs, lags, slag == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡals] Rhymes: -als === Adjective === gals masculine plural of gal === Noun === gals plural of gal == Latvian == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (ablauted to *gʷol-). 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'. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡals] === Noun === gals m (1st declension) tip, end (figuratively) demise, death darīt sev galu ― to kill oneself ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== beigas === References === == Occitan == === Noun === gals plural of gal == Old French == === Noun === gals m inflection of gal: oblique plural nominative singular