fulica

See also: Fulica

Latin

Alternative forms

• fulix

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfʊ.lʲɪ.ka]

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

• Catalan: folliga, fotja
• French: foulque
• Italian: folaga
• Occitan: folca

• Sardinian: puliga, fuliga
• Sicilian: fiddècula
• Spanish: fúlica, focha
• Translingual: Fulica

References

• 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