gralla

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.ʎa]

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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.

gralla f (plural gralles)

1. the western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
2. a double-reed instrument in the shawm family

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gralla

1. inflection of grallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “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, 2025.
• “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.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾaʎa̝/

gralla f (plural grallas)

1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

   Synonym: gralla cereixeira

2. rook (Corvus frugilegus)

   Synonym: gralla grande

3. squawk

• 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

gralla

1. inflection of grallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative