gralla

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾa.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.ʎa] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gracla (compare Occitan gralha, Italian gracchia), syncopated form of Late Latin grācula (“female jackdaw”) (compare French grolle), feminine form of Latin grāculus (compare Spanish grajo), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Doublet of graula. ==== Noun ==== gralla f (plural gralles) the western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) a double-reed instrument in the shawm family ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gralla inflection of grallar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative ==== References ==== “gralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “gralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “gralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “gralla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese gralha), from Vulgar Latin *gracla (compare Italian gracchia), syncopated form of Late Latin grācula (“female jackdaw”) (compare French grolle), feminine form of Latin grāculus (compare Spanish grajo), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaʎa̝/ ==== Noun ==== gralla f (plural grallas) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) Synonym: gralla cereixeira rook (Corvus frugilegus) Synonym: gralla grande squawk ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gralla”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gralla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== gralla inflection of grallar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative