favilla

Italian

Etymology

Directly from Latin favīlla.

Noun

favilla f (plural faville)

1. spark
2. glimmer

Anagrams

• Favalli, fallavi, falliva

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Latin

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”); some have tried to connect it to *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), but its descendants show no trace of a labiovelar.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faˈu̯iːl.la/, [fäˈu̯iːlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈvil.la/, [fäˈvilːä]

Noun

favīlla f (genitive favīllae); first declension

1. ember, cinder, glowing ash

   Dies irae, dies illa solvet saeclum in favilla.

   Day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world in ash

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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	favīlla	favīllae
Genitive	favīllae	favīllārum
Dative	favīllae	favīllīs
Accusative	favīllam	favīllās
Ablative	favīllā	favīllīs
Vocative	favīlla	favīllae

Descendants

• Old Portuguese:
  • Galician: feila
  • ⇒ Galician: foula (crossed with faluppa)
• Sicilian: faiḍḍa
• → Italian: favilla

References

• “favilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “favilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• favilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette