gulbia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”) (compare Middle Irish gulba (“beak, jaw”), Welsh gylfln (“beak”)), probably of non-Indo-European origin, and not related to Proto-Indo-European *gelbʰ- (“to flay, scrape”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡul.bi.a/, [ˈɡʊɫ̪biä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡul.bi.a/, [ˈɡulbiä]
Noun
gulbia f (genitive gulbiae); first declension[3]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gulbia | gulbiae |
| Genitive | gulbiae | gulbiārum |
| Dative | gulbiae | gulbiīs |
| Accusative | gulbiam | gulbiās |
| Ablative | gulbiā | gulbiīs |
| Vocative | gulbia | gulbiae |
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gulbV-, *gulbīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 168-169
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gelebh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 366-367
- ^ gubia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.