galla

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galla f sing (pl.: galle)

  1. piccola vescica che si manifesta sulla pelle, particolarmente per scottatura
  2. (botanica) rigonfiamento inusuale di gemme vegetali in seguito a punture di insetti o interazioni con agenti biotici (virus, batteri)
  3. (senso figurato) qualcosa o qualcuno di molto leggero
gàl | la

IPA: /ˈɡalla/

dal latino galla

  • rimanare a galla: riuscire a cavarsela in una situazione
  • venire a galla: emergere, saltar fuori

Welsh gast, a bitch. Gaelic is possibly for *gas-liâ. Pott has adduced Spanish galgo, greyhound, which, however, is founded on canis Gallicus. See gasradh for root.

IPA: /ɡauɫ̪ə/

galla f, gen galla, pl gallachan

  1. Offensive, a bitch.
    "Càr na Galla!" "Damned/bloody car!" (lit. "Car of the Bitch!")
    "Strìopaich na Galla!" "Fucking bitch!" (lit. "Whore of the Bitch!")
    "An Taigh na Galla ort!" "Damn/Fuck you!" (lit. "The House of the Bitch on you!")
    "Thalla dhan Taigh na Galla." "Go to Hell." (lit. "Go to the House of the Bitch.")

An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Gairm Publications, 1982

galla

  1. galla, escrescenza che si produce sulle foglie e sui rami delle querce
  2. vino di sapore aspro

galla c inv

  1. bile

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