galla

See also: Galla and gälla

Finnish

Noun

galla

  1. (dated) Oromo (a language of Ethiopia)

Declension

Inflection of galla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative galla —
genitive gallan —
partitive gallaa —
illative gallaan —
singular plural
nominative galla —
accusative nom. galla —
gen. gallan
genitive gallan —
partitive gallaa —
inessive gallassa —
elative gallasta —
illative gallaan —
adessive gallalla —
ablative gallalta —
allative gallalle —
essive gallana —
translative gallaksi —
instructive — —
abessive gallatta —
comitative — —

Synonyms

Galician

Gallas

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *gallea, from Latin galla (“oak-apple”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʎa̝/

Noun

galla f (plural gallas)

  1. twig
    Synonym: guizo
  2. branch
    Synonym: póla
  3. forked branch
  4. prong
  5. (also in the plural) fork
  6. barb (of a hook)
  7. gall (tumorous growt)
    Synonyms: bugallo, carrabouxo, coco

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. gajo.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin galla.

Noun

galla f (plural galle)

  1. gall
  2. acorn
  3. round pill
  4. pimple (caused by sunburn)
  5. hairgrip

Adjective

galla

  1. feminine singular of gallo

Verb

galla

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gallare
  2. second-person singular imperative of gallare

Latin

Etymology

There are various hypotheses[1]:

  • Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see gall.
  • From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

galla f (genitive gallae); first declension

  1. the oak apple, gall-nut
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 4.267
      proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]
      It’ is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak apples […]
  2. a harsh, sour kind of wine

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative galla gallae
genitive gallae gallārum
dative gallae gallīs
accusative gallam gallās
ablative gallā gallīs
vocative galla gallae

Derived terms

  • gallula

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 356-357

Further reading

  • galla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • galla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • galla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • galla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • galla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • galla in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Welsh gast (“a bitch”). Gaelic is possibly from Proto-Celtic *gasliyā. Pott has adduced Spanish galgo (“greyhound”), which, however, is founded on canis Gallicus. See gasradh for root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɫ̪ə/

Noun

galla f (genitive singular galla, plural gallachan)

  1. bitch

Usage notes

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

galla f (plural gallas, masculine gallo, masculine plural gallos)

  1. (Chile, colloquial) feminine equivalent of gallo, broad (US), chick, gal (woman)

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

galla c (uncountable)

  1. bile

Declension

Declension of galla 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative galla gallan — —
Genitive gallas gallans — —

Derived terms

  • gallblåsa
  • gallfeber
  • gallsten
  • gallskrik

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • gall (literary, second-person singular imperative)
  • gallaf (first-person singular present/future)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɬa/

Verb

galla

  1. (colloquial) inflection of gallu:
    1. first-person singular present / future
    2. (rare) second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
galla alla ngalla unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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