different between gals vs gams

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ælz/
• Rhymes: -ælz

Noun

gals

1. plural of gal

Anagrams

• lags, slag

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /??als/

Adjective

gals

1. masculine plural of gal

Noun

gals

1. plural of gal

Latvian

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *g?elH- (ablauted to *g?ol-). Cognates: Lithuanian gãlas (“id.”), Old Prussian gallan (acc.), golis (“death”), Old Norse kveld (“evening, end of the day”), etc.

Semantic development:

1. "to stab" > "to kill" > "death", from here the verbs gal?t (“to slay”), galin?t, nogalin?t (“to kill”), the same development in Proto-West Germanic *kwalm also from *g?ol-
2. "to stab" > "a sharp point, tip, end."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?als]

Noun

gals m (1st declension)

1. tip, end
2. (figuratively) demise, death

Declension

Synonyms

• beigas

References

Occitan

Noun

gals

1. plural of gal

Old French

Noun

gals m

1. inflection of gal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

English

Noun

gams

1. plural of gam

Verb

gams

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gam

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gams”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• -gasm, AGMs, AGSM, GMAs, Mags, mags

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?à?ms/, /?áms/

Noun

gáms or g?ms m anim

1. chamois

Inflection

Further reading

• “gams”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

gams

1. indefinite genitive singular of gam