galg

Significado (inglés)

1. (feminine) gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
2. (feminine,metonymically) the death sentence, notably by hanging
3. (feminine) a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on

Xénero

♀️ Feminino

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɣɑlx/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.

Oracións

De beul liep naar de galg .

The executioner walked to the gallows.