querquedula
See also: Querquedula
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, imitative of harsh sounds, from *ḱer-, same source as cornix (“crow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷerˈkʷe.du.la/, [kʷɛrˈkʷɛd̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwerˈkwe.du.la/, [kwerˈkwɛːd̪ulä]
Noun
querquedula f (genitive querquedulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | querquedula | querquedulae |
| Genitive | querquedulae | querquedulārum |
| Dative | querquedulae | querquedulīs |
| Accusative | querquedulam | querquedulās |
| Ablative | querquedulā | querquedulīs |
| Vocative | querquedula | querquedulae |
Descendants
- French: sarcelle
References
- “querquedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- querquedula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN