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

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

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: gracchia
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Late Latin: grāula
  • Vulgar Latin: *grāgula

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.