galla

Italian

Noun

galla f (plural galle)

1. gall

Adjective

galla

1. feminine form of gallo

Related terms

• a galla

Verb

galla

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

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see gall.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈɡal.la/

Noun

galla (genitive gallae); f, first declension

1. The oak apple, gall-nut.
   • 29 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon, liber IV: 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

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

Derived terms

• gallula

Descendants

• English: gall
• French: galle
• Italian: galla
• Portuguese: galha
• Russian: галл
• Spanish: galla, gajo

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈg̊aɫ̪ə/

Noun

galla f (genitive galla, plural gallachan)

1. bitch

Usage notes

• Often used as a swear word, especially in compounds.

Derived terms

• mac na galla
• nighean na galla
• thalla gu taigh na galla

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Swedish

Noun

galla c (uncountable)

1. bile

Declension

Declension of galla

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	galla	gallan
genitive	gallas	gallans

Derived terms

• gallblåsa
• gallfeber
• gallsten
• gallskrik