narix

Latin

Etymology

From a reinterpretation of *nārīcae pl as nārīcem sg, these being homophones. Attested in the ninth-century manuscript quoted below (where, being in a glossary, it may represent recycled older material).

Noun

nārīx f (genitive nārīcis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. nostril
   • “Nar” in Excerpta ex codice Cassinensi 402

     Nar generis neutrius nomen est fluuii nam de naso hęc naris huius naris dicitur plurali hęc narices

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nārīx	nārīcēs
Genitive	nārīcis	nārīcum
Dative	nārīcī	nārīcibus
Accusative	nārīcem	nārīcēs
Ablative	nārīce	nārīcibus
Vocative	nārīx	nārīcēs

Derived terms

• *nārīcūtus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: narice
  • Sicilian: narici
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: [naiʒa]
  • Lombard: naris
  • Piedmontese: naris, anaris
  • Venetian: nariza
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: nariu
  • Gascon: naritz, naditz
  • Old Occitan: naritz
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: nariz f
  • Asturian: nariz f
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: nariz m
    • Portuguese: nariz m
  • Spanish: nariz f

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “nariz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 213
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*nārīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 13