monacha

See also: Monacha

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of monachus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.na.kʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.na.ka]

Noun

monacha f (genitive monachae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) nun (female member of a religious community)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	monacha	monachae
genitive	monachae	monachārum
dative	monachae	monachīs
accusative	monacham	monachās
ablative	monachā	monachīs
vocative	monacha	monachae

Related terms

• monachalis
• monachatus
• monachicus
• monachīlis
• monachīum
• monachus
• monastērium
• monasticus
• monastria

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: monaca
  • Neapolitan: monaca
  • Sicilian: mònaca
• Borrowings:
  • → Translingual: Monacha

See also

• abbatissa
• nonna
• monialis

References

• “monacha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "monacha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “monacha”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.