canalicula

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension

  1. A small channel, pipe or gutter.
  2. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative canālicula canāliculae
genitive canāliculae canāliculārum
dative canāliculae canāliculīs
accusative canāliculam canāliculās
ablative canāliculā canāliculīs
vocative canālicula canāliculae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Galician: quella, quenlla
  • Portuguese: quelha

References

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