# galas
## English
### Noun

galas
* plural of gala

### Anagrams

* Gaals, agals

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English glass. Cognate with Malay gelas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡalas/
* Hyphenation: ga‧las

### Noun

galas
* glass (drinking vessel)

#### See also

* cawan (“cup”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: gala, galât

### Verb

galas
* second-person singular past historic of galer

## Galician
### Verb

galas
* second-person singular present indicative of galar

## Lithuanian
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Latvian gals (“tip, end”), Old Prussian golis (“death”); 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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaːlɐs]

#### Noun

gãlas m (plural galaĩ) stress pattern 4
* end, terminal (of process)
    Synonym: pabaigà
* tip, extreme (of object)
* back, rear end (of object)

##### Derived terms

* begalinis (“endless”)
* galúoti (“to cease, to bring demise, to torment”)
* galiùkas (diminutive)
* galìnis (“raremost, extremal”)
** galìnti (“to terminate, to get to the end”)
* galutìnis (“final”)
* galóp, pagaliaũ (“finally”) (adverb)
* savaitgalis (“weekend”)

#### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) “galas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
* ↑ “galas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gãlas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 153
* ↑ “galas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

### Etymology 2

Transliteration of Latin gallus (“Gaul”), of Celtic origin. Possibly etymologically akin to native Lithuanian galià (“power”), galė́ti (“to be able”), gãlinti (“to empower”) from hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to have capacity”).

#### Noun

galas m
* (person) Gaul

##### Related terms

* Galija

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Gallas(apfel).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.las/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /ˈɡa.las/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alas
* Syllabification: ga‧las

### Noun

galas m inan
* gall (blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants)
    Synonym: galasówka
* (Sącz Lach) plum or apple slurry served as a dish

#### Derived terms

* galasowy
* galasówka

### Further reading

* galas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* galas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “galas”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 321

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

galas
* plural of gala

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

galas
* second-person singular present indicative of galar

## Spanish
### Adjective

galas
* feminine plural of galo

### Noun

galas f pl
* plural of gala

## Swedish
### Noun

galas
* indefinite genitive singular of gala

### Anagrams

* lagas, slaga