Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of taupe.
talpa (plural talpae)
talp (“sole”) + -a (possessive suffix)
talpa
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | talpa | — |
| accusative | talpát | — |
| dative | talpának | — |
| instrumental | talpával | — |
| causal-final | talpáért | — |
| translative | talpává | — |
| terminative | talpáig | — |
| essive-formal | talpaként | — |
| essive-modal | talpául | — |
| inessive | talpában | — |
| superessive | talpán | — |
| adessive | talpánál | — |
| illative | talpába | — |
| sublative | talpára | — |
| allative | talpához | — |
| elative | talpából | — |
| delative | talpáról | — |
| ablative | talpától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
talpáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
talpáéi | — |
From Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of topo.
talpa f (plural talpe)
talpa m (invariable)
The etymology is unknown. Lewis and Short attribute this to the same root as Latin scalpō. However it is often ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground”). Maybe transferred from a Germanic word for “paw” owing to the animal’s massive forelimbs, see Romanian talpă (“sole”).
talpa f (genitive talpae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | talpa | talpae |
| Genitive | talpae | talpārum |
| Dative | talpae | talpīs |
| Accusative | talpam | talpās |
| Ablative | talpā | talpīs |
| Vocative | talpa | talpae |
talpa m (plural talpas)
talpa
Likely from Romanian talpă (“sole; treadle; board”), which see for the uncertain way of diffusion.
tȃlpa f (Cyrillic spelling та̑лпа)
talpa f (plural talpas)