Dubis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈduː.bɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪uː.bis]

Proper noun
[edit]Dūbis m sg (genitive Dūbis); third declension
- a river in modern France and Switzerland; modern Doubs
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Dūbis |
genitive | Dūbis |
dative | Dūbī |
accusative | Dūbim Dūbem |
ablative | Dūbī Dūbe |
vocative | Dūbis |
Descendants
[edit]- French: Doubs
References
[edit]- Dubis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms borrowed from Gaulish
- Latin terms derived from Gaulish
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Rivers in France
- la:Rivers in Switzerland
- la:Places in France
- la:Places in Switzerland