fulica

See also: Fulica

Latin

Alternative forms

• fulix

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare Old High German belihha ("coot"; > modern German Belche), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfʊlʲɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfuːlikä]

Noun

fulica f (genitive fulicae); first declension

1. a coot
2. waterfowl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fulica	fulicae
Genitive	fulicae	fulicārum
Dative	fulicae	fulicīs
Accusative	fulicam	fulicās
Ablative	fulicā	fulicīs
Vocative	fulica	fulicae

Descendants

See also fulix.

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: fôlga
  • Italian: folaga
  • Neapolitan: folleca
  • Sicilian: fùrrica
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: foliga (Roussillon)
  • Occitan: folca
    • → French: foulque
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: puliga (Campidanese)
• Borrowings:
  • → Middle French: fullicque
  • → Spanish: fúlica
  • → Translingual: Fulica

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŭlĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 843

Further reading

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