puerpera

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

puerpera f (plural puerpere)

  1. A woman who has just given birth

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From puer (boy, child) + pariō (bear, give birth)

Noun [edit]

puerpera (genitive puerperae); f, first declension

  1. a woman in labor or in childbed, a lying-in woman

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative puerpera puerperae
genitive puerperae puerperārum
dative puerperae puerperīs
accusative puerperam puerperās
ablative puerperā puerperīs
vocative puerpera puerperae

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