galla (pluralgallas)

1. Alternative form ofgallu(“Mesopotamian demon”)

FromMiddle High Germangalle, fromOld High Germangalla, fromProto-Germanic*gallǭ. Cognate withGermanGalle,Englishgall.

galla f(Sette Comuni)

1. bile
2. gall(impudence)

   Ze hat an gròoses hèertze bàdar an grössoragalla.

   He has a big heart but a biggergall.

• “galla” inMartalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974)Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• gallština(dated)

Borrowed fromGermanGalla.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡala]
• Rhymes:-ala
• Hyphenation:ga‧l‧la

galla f (indeclinable)

1. (dated)Oromo(language)

   Synonym:oromština

• “galla”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

FromGermanGalla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlːɑ/,[ˈɡɑ̝lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key):gal‧la

galla(dated)

1. Oromo(a language of Ethiopia)

• oromo

• galha(reintegrationist)

Probably fromVulgar Latin*gallea, fromLatingalla(“oak-apple”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʎa̝/

galla f (pluralgallas)

1. twig

   Synonym:guizo

2. branch

   Synonym:póla

3. forkedbranch
4. prong
5. (also in theplural)fork
6. barb (of ahook)
7. gall (tumorous growt)

   Synonyms:bugallo,carrabouxo,coco

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galla”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galla”, 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), “galla”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galla”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

galla

1. inflection ofgallar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.la/
• Rhymes:-alla
• Hyphenation:gàl‧la

FromLatingalla.

galla f (pluralgalle)

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

galla

1. femininesingular ofgallo

• a galla

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

galla

1. inflection ofgallare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

There are various hypotheses:

• Perhaps from or influenced byGermanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; seeProto-Germanic*gallǭ (Englishgall(“bile”)) or*gallô(“sore, swelling, lesion”) (Englishgall(“sore”)).
• FromProto-Indo-European*gel-(“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate withLatinglaeba,glomus andProto-Germanic*klumpô(“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.la/,[ˈɡälːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.la/,[ˈɡälːä]

galla f (genitivegallae);first declension

1. anoak apple,gall-nut
   • c. 37BCE – 30BCE,Virgil,Georgics4.267:

     proderit et tunsumgallae admiscere saporem […]

     It is good too to blend a taste of poundedoak apples […]

2. aharsh,sour kind ofwine

First-declension noun.

• gallula
• *galleus(“oaken”)

• Catalan:gala,agalla
• → English:gall
• French:galle
• Italian:galla
• Portuguese:galha,galho
• → Russian:галл(gall)
• Spanish:galla,gajo

• “galla”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “galla”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "galla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• galla inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “galla”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “galla”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

FromProto-West Germanic*gallā, fromProto-Germanic*gallǭ.

galla f

1. gall,bile

• Middle Dutch:galle
  • Dutch:gal
    • Afrikaans:gal
    • Berbice Creole Dutch:gali
    • Negerhollands:gal
    • → Papiamentu:hal,gal
  • Limburgish:gal

• “galla (I)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

FromProto-Celtic*gasliyā, from*gas, of uncertain ultimate origin. Pott has adducedSpanishgalgo(“greyhound”), which, however, is founded oncanis Gallicus. Seegasradh for root.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɫ̪ə/

galla f (genitive singulargalla,pluralgallachan)

1. bitch

• Often used as aswear word, especially incompounds.

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

• Syllabification:ga‧lla

galla f (pluralgallas)

1. (Chile, colloquial)female equivalent ofgallo,broad(US),chick,gal(woman)

   Synonym:tipa

• “galla”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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FromOld Swedishgalle, fromOld Norsegall, fromProto-Germanic*gallǭ.

galla c (uncountable)

1. bile

• gallblåsa
• gallfeber
• gallsten
• gallskrik

• galla inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• galla inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galla inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬa/

galla

1. inflection ofgallu:
   1. first-personsingularpresent/futurecolloquial
   2. (rare)second-personsingularimperative

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