postilla

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English

Noun

postilla (plural postillas)

  1. postil

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin.

Noun

postilla

  1. postil (collection of homilies)
Declension
Inflection of postilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative postilla postillat
genitive postillan postilloiden
postilloitten
postillojen
partitive postillaa postilloita
postilloja
illative postillaan postilloihin
singular plural
nominative postilla postillat
accusative nom. postilla postillat
gen. postillan
genitive postillan postilloiden
postilloitten
postillojen
postillain rare
partitive postillaa postilloita
postilloja
inessive postillassa postilloissa
elative postillasta postilloista
illative postillaan postilloihin
adessive postillalla postilloilla
ablative postillalta postilloilta
allative postillalle postilloille
essive postillana postilloina
translative postillaksi postilloiksi
abessive postillatta postilloitta
instructive postilloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of postilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

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Etymology 2

Noun

postilla

  1. adessive singular of posti

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

postilla f (plural postille)

  1. marginal note
  2. (in the plural) marginalia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

postilla

  1. inflection of postillare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /posˈtiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /posˈtiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /posˈtiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /posˈtiʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: pos‧ti‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pustella, from Latin pustula. Compare Portuguese bostela, Galician bostela, Asturian postiella.

Noun

postilla f (plural postillas)

  1. scab
    Synonym: costra
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin post illa (verba) "after those words".

Noun

postilla f (plural postillas)

  1. postil, marginal note
Derived terms

Further reading