pustula

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See also: pústula and pustulă

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pustula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpustulɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ustulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pus‧tu‧la
  • Hyphenation(key): pus‧tu‧la

Noun

pustula

  1. (pathology) pustule

Declension

Inflection of pustula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative pustula pustulat
genitive pustulan pustuloiden
pustuloitten
partitive pustulaa pustuloita
illative pustulaan pustuloihin
singular plural
nominative pustula pustulat
accusative nom. pustula pustulat
gen. pustulan
genitive pustulan pustuloiden
pustuloitten
pustulain rare
partitive pustulaa pustuloita
inessive pustulassa pustuloissa
elative pustulasta pustuloista
illative pustulaan pustuloihin
adessive pustulalla pustuloilla
ablative pustulalta pustuloilta
allative pustulalle pustuloille
essive pustulana pustuloina
translative pustulaksi pustuloiksi
abessive pustulatta pustuloitta
instructive pustuloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pustula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pustulani pustulani
accusative nom. pustulani pustulani
gen. pustulani
genitive pustulani pustuloideni
pustuloitteni
pustulaini rare
partitive pustulaani pustuloitani
inessive pustulassani pustuloissani
elative pustulastani pustuloistani
illative pustulaani pustuloihini
adessive pustulallani pustuloillani
ablative pustulaltani pustuloiltani
allative pustulalleni pustuloilleni
essive pustulanani pustuloinani
translative pustulakseni pustuloikseni
abessive pustulattani pustuloittani
instructive
comitative pustuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pustulasi pustulasi
accusative nom. pustulasi pustulasi
gen. pustulasi
genitive pustulasi pustuloidesi
pustuloittesi
pustulaisi rare
partitive pustulaasi pustuloitasi
inessive pustulassasi pustuloissasi
elative pustulastasi pustuloistasi
illative pustulaasi pustuloihisi
adessive pustulallasi pustuloillasi
ablative pustulaltasi pustuloiltasi
allative pustulallesi pustuloillesi
essive pustulanasi pustuloinasi
translative pustulaksesi pustuloiksesi
abessive pustulattasi pustuloittasi
instructive
comitative pustuloinesi

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūstula.

Noun

pustula f (plural pustule)

  1. (pathology) pustule
    • 1809, Luigi Sacco, Trattato di vaccinazione: con osservazioni sul giavardo e vajuolo pecorino, page 87:
      Quando si punge la pustula s'incontra una certa resistenza, quasi che si entri in un corpo planduloso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1835, Gabriel Andral, Philippe Frederic Blandin, Dizionario Di Medicina, Chirurgia E Farmacia Pratiche, page 80:
      le pustule dell' acne sono il risultato di diversi modi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1850, Giuseppe Biaggi, Gride, regolamenti, tasse e tariffe diverse tuttora in vigore alla congregazione municipale per uso de'possidenti, negoziant, page 77:
      Nell' ottavo la pustula è perfettamente formata
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

Probably ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European imitative root *pus- (to blow, swell). Akin to Ancient Greek φυσάω (phusáō). Alternatively related to or derived from pūs.

Noun

pustula f (genitive pustulae); first declension

  1. inflamed sore, blister, pustule

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pustula pustulae
genitive pustulae pustulārum
dative pustulae pustulīs
accusative pustulam pustulās
ablative pustulā pustulīs
vocative pustula pustulae

Descendants

References

  • pustula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pustula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pustula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.