[ˈɡal.la], [ˈɡal.la]
OriginThere are various hypotheses:
* Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see Proto-Germanic *gallǭ (English gall (“bile”)) or *gallô (“sore, swelling, lesion”) (English gall (“sore”)).
* From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).
- declension-1, femininean oak apple, gall-nut
“proderit et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem […]” — It is good too to blend a taste of pounded oak apples […]
- declension-1, femininea harsh, sour kind of wine
- feminine, form-of, nominative, singular, vocativenominative/vocative feminine singular
- accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, pluralnominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
- ablative, feminine, form-of, singularablative feminine singular of Gallus
Formsgallae(genitive) · galla(nominative, singular) · gallae(nominative, plural) · gallae(genitive, singular) · gallārum(genitive, plural) · gallae(dative, singular) · gallīs(dative, plural) · gallam(accusative, singular) · gallās(accusative, plural) · gallā(ablative, singular) · gallīs(ablative, plural) · galla(singular, vocative) · gallae(plural, vocative) · Gallā(canonical)
Source: Wiktionary