pullus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

pullus (plural pulli)

1. (zoology) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- ‘animal young’ (also see Ancient Greek πώλος (pṓlos), English foal, Albanian pelë ‘mare’, Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)), which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“smallness”). See also Old English fēawa (“little, few”), Sanskrit पोत (“young animal”) Lithuanian putytis (“young bird, young animal”).

Noun

pullus (genitive pullī); m, second declension

1. young (of animals)
2. chick, chicken
3. foal
4. darling

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pullus	pullī
genitive	pullī	pullōrum
dative	pullō	pullīs
accusative	pullum	pullōs
ablative	pullō	pullīs
vocative	pulle	pullī

Descendants

Albanian: pulë Aromanian: pulju Catalan: poll English: pullet French: poule, poulet Greek: πουλί (poulí)

Italian: pollo Portuguese: pôlo Romanian: pui, pulă Sardinian: pudhu Spanish: pollo

Adjective

pullus m (feminine pulla, neuter pullum); first/second declension

1. dark (coloured); dusky

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pullus	pulla	pullum		pullī	pullae	pulla
genitive	pullī	pullae	pullī		pullōrum	pullārum	pullōrum
dative	pullō	pullae	pullō		pullīs	pullīs	pullīs
accusative	pullum	pullam	pullum		pullōs	pullās	pulla
ablative	pullō	pullā	pullō		pullīs	pullīs	pullīs
vocative	pulle	pulla	pullum		pullī	pullae	pulla