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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English galloon (compare French galon).

Noun

galún m (genitive singular galúin, nominative plural galúin)

  1. galloon

Declension

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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