lunula

See also: lúnula

English

Alternative forms

• lunule

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lūnula.

Noun

lunula (plural lunulae)

1. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.

Derived terms

• lunular
• lunulate

Translations

pale area at the base of the fingernail

• Catalan: lúnula f
• Finnish: lunula

• Gujarati: નખચંદ (nakhcand)

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lūnula.

Noun

lunula

1. lunula (pale area at the base of a fingernail)

Declension

Inflection of lunula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		lunula	lunulat
genitive		lunulan	lunuloiden lunuloitten
partitive		lunulaa	lunuloita
illative		lunulaan	lunuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lunula	lunulat
accusative	nom.	lunula	lunulat
	gen.	lunulan
genitive		lunulan	lunuloiden lunuloitten lunulainrare
partitive		lunulaa	lunuloita
inessive		lunulassa	lunuloissa
elative		lunulasta	lunuloista
illative		lunulaan	lunuloihin
adessive		lunulalla	lunuloilla
ablative		lunulalta	lunuloilta
allative		lunulalle	lunuloille
essive		lunulana	lunuloina
translative		lunulaksi	lunuloiksi
instructive		—	lunuloin
abessive		lunulatta	lunuloitta
comitative		—	lunuloineen

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lūnula.

Noun

lunula f (plural lunule)

1. lunette, half-moon, lunula

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Latin

Etymology

lūna (“moon”) +‎ -ula

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nu.la/, [ˈɫuː.nʊ.ɫa]

Noun

lūnula f (genitive lūnulae); first declension

1. an ornament in the form of a little moon

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lūnula	lūnulae
genitive	lūnulae	lūnulārum
dative	lūnulae	lūnulīs
accusative	lūnulam	lūnulās
ablative	lūnulā	lūnulīs
vocative	lūnula	lūnulae

Descendants

• English: lunule, lunula
• French: lunule
• Italian: lunula

References

• lunula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “lunula”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “lunula” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)