fulica

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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

Noun

fulica f (genitive fulicae); first declension

  1. a coot
  2. waterfowl

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.

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: fôlga
    • Italian: folaga
    • Neapolitan: folleca
    • Sicilian: fùrrica
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: puliga (Campidanese)
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ^ 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.
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