pullastra

Latin

Etymology

pullus (chick, chicken) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

Noun

pullastra f (genitive pullastrae); first declension

  1. a young hen, pullet

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pullastra pullastrae
genitive pullastrae pullastrārum
dative pullastrae pullastrīs
accusative pullastram pullastrās
ablative pullastrā pullastrīs
vocative pullastra pullastrae

Descendants

  • Italian: pollastro, pollastra
  • Sicilian: puḍḍastru, puḍḍastra
  • Catalan: pollastre

See also

  • pullastra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pullastra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pullastra in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung