praegnans

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯ɡ.nans/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpreɲ.ɲans/,

Adjective

praegnāns (genitive praegnantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

Alternative form of praegnās

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	praegnāns			praegnantēs	praegnantia
Genitive	praegnantis			praegnantium
Dative	praegnantī			praegnantibus
Accusative	praegnantem	praegnāns		praegnantēs	praegnantia
Ablative	praegnantī			praegnantibus
Vocative	praegnāns			praegnantēs	praegnantia

Descendants

→ English: pregnant
French: prégnant, prégnante
Italian: pregno
Old Galician-Portuguese: prenhe, prenne
- Galician: preñe
- Portuguese: prenhe
Sicilian: prena

References

“praegnans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
praegnans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“pregnant”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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