fringilla
See also: Fringilla
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”) (with the diminutive suffix -illa), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with English bark, Latin frigūtiō (“I chirp”), Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”) and Serbo-Croatian brgljati (“to murmur”)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /frinˈɡil.la/, [frɪŋˈɡɪlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /frinˈd͡ʒil.la/, [frin̠ʲˈd͡ʒilːä]
Noun
fringilla f (genitive fringillae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fringilla | fringillae |
Genitive | fringillae | fringillārum |
Dative | fringillae | fringillīs |
Accusative | fringillam | fringillās |
Ablative | fringillā | fringillīs |
Vocative | fringilla | fringillae |
Derived terms
- fringilla Canāria (“canary”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Fringilla
- Italian: fringuello
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhereg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 138-139
- “fringilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fringilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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