fulica
See also: Fulica
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare Old High German belihha ("coot"; > modern German Belche), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊ.lɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.li.ka]
Noun
fulica f (genitive fulicae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fulica | fulicae |
| genitive | fulicae | fulicārum |
| dative | fulicae | fulicīs |
| accusative | fulicam | fulicās |
| ablative | fulicā | fulicīs |
| vocative | fulica | fulicae |
Descendants
See also fulix.
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŭlĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 843
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 118-119
Further reading
- “fulica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.