praegnas

Latin

Alternative forms

• praegnāns

Etymology

Formed as prae- (“before”) + gnā- (the root of *gnāscor, an archaic form of nāscor (“be born”)); compare gignō (“beget, give birth to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯ɡ.naːs/, [ˈpräe̯ŋnäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpreɲ.ɲas/, [ˈprɛɲːäs]

Adjective

praegnās (genitive praegnātis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. with child, pregnant

   Synonym: gravidus

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	praegnās			praegnātēs	praegnātia
Genitive	praegnātis			praegnātium
Dative	praegnātī			praegnātibus
Accusative	praegnātem	praegnās		praegnātēs	praegnātia
Ablative	praegnātī			praegnātibus
Vocative	praegnās			praegnātēs	praegnātia

Descendants

• Dalmatian: prin
• Old French: preins
• → Old French: prégnant
  • French: prégnant
  • → English: pregnant
• Old Galician-Portuguese: prenhe, prenne
  • Galician: preñe
  • Portuguese: prenhe
• Italian: pregno
• Occitan: prenha
• Sardinian: pringiu, prinzu

References

• “praegnas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praegnas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.