conchula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From concha (“mollusk”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.kʰu.la/, [ˈkɔŋkʰʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ku.la/, [ˈkɔŋkulä]
Noun[edit]
conchula f (genitive conchulae); first declension
- Diminutive of concha (“mollusk, mussel, oyster”)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | conchula | conchulae |
Genitive | conchulae | conchulārum |
Dative | conchulae | conchulīs |
Accusative | conchulam | conchulās |
Ablative | conchulā | conchulīs |
Vocative | conchula | conchulae |
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- West Iberian:
- Borrowings:
- → Italian: concola (semi-learned)
References[edit]
- “conchula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conchula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.