gaļa

From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Cognates include Latvian gaļa and Sudovian fała.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalʲa]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ļa

gaļa f

1. meat

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 25

The origin of this word has not been fully explained. It may have been derived from the same stem as the (dated) verb galēt (“to kill”) (cf. dzelt (“to sting”), derived from another grade of the same stem), so that it would have originally meant “stabbed, killed, slaughtered (animal).” A different hypothesis is that gaļa is cognate with Russian го́лый (gólyj, “naked”), its original meaning having been “naked (= skinned) flesh, meat.” Either way, gaļa has replaced in this sense the word miesa, formerly “meat,” now specifically “(human) flesh.” Cognates include Sudovian fała (probably misspelled *gala).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɡaʎa]

gaļa f (4th declension)

1. meat (food obtained from the flesh of slaughtered animals)

   cūkas, aitas, jēra gaļa ― pig, sheep, lamb meat (i.e. pork, mutton, lamb)

   vērša, liellopu gaļa ― ox, cattle meat (i.e. beef)

   zivju gaļa ― fish meat

   trekna, liesa gaļa ― fatty, lean meat

   jēla, zaļa gaļa ― raw, green (i.e. raw) meat

   cepta, vārīta, žāvēta gaļa ― fried, boiled, dried meat

   malta gaļa ― minced meat

   gaļas šķēle ― meat slice

   gaļas kvalitāte ― meat quality

   sālīt, sautēt gaļu ― to salt, to stew meat

   kāposti, pīrāgs ar gaļu ― cabbage, pastry (pirogi) with meat

   gaļas ražošana, rūpniecība ― meat production, industry

   truša gaļu, tāpat kā teļa gaļu, organisms viegli izmanto... ar savu maigo un patīkamo garšu tā atgādina vistas gaļu

   rabbit meat, like veal (lit. calf meat), can be easily utilized (i.e. digested) by the (human) organism... with its mild and pleasant taste, it is reminiscent of chicken meat

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) meat (containing meat, cooked or prepared with meat)

   gaļas produkti ― meat products

   gaļas buljons, zupa ― meat broth, soup

   gaļas mērce ― meat sauce

   gaļas kotletes, pīrāgi ― meatballs, pastry (pirogi)

   gaļas konservi ― canned meat

3. (in the genitive, used adjectivally, of animals) meat (from which one obtains meat; reared in order to produce meat)

   gaļas cūka, govs ― meat pig, cow

   gaļas lopi ― meat cattle

   gaļas cāļi ― meat chicks (i.e. chicken)

4. meat, flesh (animal muscular and adipose tissue; also, colloquially, human flesh, usually miesa)

   gaļas olbaltumvielas ― meat protein

   kur gaļa, tur kauli; kur āda, tur spalva

   where (there is) meat, (there are) bones; where (there is) skin, (there is) fur

   mans ievainojums nav smags, bet lode iedzinusi no šineļa gaļā vilnas piku

   my wound is not heavy (i.e. serious), but the bullet drove in a lump of wool from the coat into (my) meat (or flesh)

5. (rare) meat, flesh (soft, juicy part of a fruit)

   auglis (parastajai mandelei) no sāniem saspiests olveida kaulenis ar ādainu gaļu

   the fruit (of the common almond tree) is, from the side, a compressed oval drupe with leathery flesh

(of "flesh"): miesa

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