Etymology 1
Cognate with Latvian gals (“tip, end”), Old Prussian golis (“death”);[1][2] 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”).[3] See also English goal, which may be related.
Noun
gãlas m (plural galaĩ) stress pattern 4[4]
- end, terminal (of process)
- Synonym: pabaigà
- tip, extreme (of object)
- back, rear end (of object)
Declension
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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