galar

From galo (“rooster”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaɾ/, (western) /ħaˈlaɾ/

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to fertilize (the rooster a hen)

Perhaps from Suevic *galan (to sing, to charm spells), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”)

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to bewitch

   Synonyms: enmeigar, enfeitizar

• galra

• “galar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “galar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “galar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “galar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• galra

From Old Irish galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑl̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlˠəɾˠ/[1] (as if spelled golar)

galar m (genitive singular galair, nominative plural galair)

1. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease, infection

   Synonym: othras

   Dhá dtrian galair le hoíche. (proverb)

   The risk of illness is greatest at night; sickness is most intense at night.

2. affliction, misery

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “galar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “galar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

From galo +‎ -ar; compare Spanish gallar.

• Hyphenation: ga‧lar

galar (first-person singular present galo, first-person singular preterite galei, past participle galado)

1. (transitive) to mate with (a female bird) (of a male bird)
2. (transitive, Portugal, colloquial) to ogle
3. (transitive, Portugal, colloquial) to woo, to seduce
4. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to knock up, to get pregnant
5. (intransitive, Northeast Brazil, vulgar) to cum

• “galar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “galar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

From Old Irish galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪ˠəɾ/

galar m (genitive singular galair, plural galaran)

1. disease, sickness, ailment, disorder

   Synonyms: euslaint, tinneas, trioblaid

From Middle Welsh galar, from Proto-Brythonic *galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-. Cognate with Irish galar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalar/, /ˈɡaːlar/
• Rhymes: -alar

galar m (plural galarau)

1. mourning, grief, sorrow, lament

   Synonyms: gofid, alaeth, tristwch

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “galar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies