monacha

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of monachus < Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.kʰa/, [ˈmɔnäkʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.ka/, [ˈmɔːnäkä]

Noun

monacha f (genitive monachae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) nun (female member of a religious community)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	monacha	monachae
Genitive	monachae	monachārum
Dative	monachae	monachīs
Accusative	monacham	monachās
Ablative	monachā	monachīs
Vocative	monacha	monachae

Related terms

• monachus
• monachalis
• monachatus
• monachicus
• monachīlis

• monachīum
• monastērium
• monasticus
• monastria

See also

• abbatissa
• nonna
• monial
• monachus

References

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