Inherited fromVulgar Latin*gracla (compareOccitangralha,Italiangracchia), syncopated form ofLate Latingrācula(“femalejackdaw”) (compareFrenchgrolle), feminine form ofLatingrāculus (compareSpanishgrajo), fromProto-Indo-European*greh₂-k-(“croak”).Doublet ofgraula.
gralla f (pluralgralles)
- thewestern jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- adouble-reedinstrument in theshawm family
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
gralla
- inflection ofgrallar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromOld Galician-Portuguese (comparePortuguesegralha), fromVulgar Latin*gracla (compareItaliangracchia), syncopated form ofLate Latingrācula(“femalejackdaw”) (compareFrenchgrolle), feminine form ofLatingrāculus (compareSpanishgrajo), fromProto-Indo-European*greh₂-k-(“croak”).
gralla f (pluralgrallas)
- jackdaw(Coloeus monedula)
- Synonym:gralla cereixeira
- rook(Corvus frugilegus)
- Synonym:gralla grande
- squawk
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gralla”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gralla”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gralla”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
gralla
- inflection ofgrallar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
