ulva

See also: Ulva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ulva, itself from Latin ulva (“sedge”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.və/
• Rhymes: -ɔlvə
• Homophone: Ulva

Noun

ulva (plural ulvas)

1. Any organism of the genus Ulva.
   • 1875, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, page 774:

     The ulvas belong to the chlorospermous class of seaweeds, distinguished by their green spores, and the generally green color of their fronds. There are several species of ulva common to both shores of the Atlantic, […]

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊɫ.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈul.va]

Noun

ulva f (genitive ulvae); first declension

1. sedge

   Synonym: cārex

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ulva	ulvae
genitive	ulvae	ulvārum
dative	ulvae	ulvīs
accusative	ulvam	ulvās
ablative	ulvā	ulvīs
vocative	ulva	ulvae

Descendants

• Galician: Olveira (toponym), >? olga (unlikely)
• → Italian: ulva
• → Translingual: Ulva
  • → English: ulva

References

• “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ulva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.