gracula

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ku.la/
• Rhymes: -akula
• Hyphenation: grà‧cu‧la

Noun

gracula f (plural gracule)

1. chough

   Synonym: gracchio

Latin

Etymology

With gender change from grāculus.

Pronunciation

• grācula: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.la/, [ˈɡräːkʊɫ̪ä]
• grācula: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ku.la/, [ˈɡräːkulä]
• grāculā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ku.laː/, [ˈɡräːkʊɫ̪äː]
• grāculā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ku.la/, [ˈɡräːkulä]

Noun

grācula f (genitive grāculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A female jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	grācula	grāculae
genitive	grāculae	grāculārum
dative	grāculae	grāculīs
accusative	grāculam	grāculās
ablative	grāculā	grāculīs
vocative	grācula	grāculae

Descendants

• Catalan: gralla
• Franco-Provençal: grâlye
• French: grolle
• Galician: gralla
• Italian: gracchia
• Occitan: gralha
• Portuguese: gralha
• Spanish: graja
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gragula
  • Catalan: graula

References

• gracula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gracula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.