niella

Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”), so-named on account of its tiny black seeds.

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

niella f (plural nielles)

1. common corncockle (Agrostemma githago)

   Synonyms: clavell d'ase, clavell de blat

2. love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)

   Synonym: flor d'aranya

• “niella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “niella”, 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

• Homophones: niellas, niellât

niella

1. third-person singular past historic of nieller

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjɛl.la/, (traditional) /niˈɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: nièl‧la, (traditional) ni‧èl‧la

niella

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

• -ellina, Anelli, alleni, allenì, anelli