particula

See also: partícula and particulă

Latin

Etymology

    From pars (“part, piece”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    particula f (genitive particulae); first declension

    1. diminutive of pars (“part, piece”): small part, particle

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative particula particulae
    genitive particulae particulārum
    dative particulae particulīs
    accusative particulam particulās
    ablative particulā particulīs
    vocative particula particulae

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Ibero-Romance: (unexpected /ˈi/ perhaps from analogy with partīre)
      • Aragonese: partilla
      • Asturian: partiya
      • Galician: partilla
      • Portuguese: partilha
      • Spanish: partija

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    References

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