toallia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *þwahlijā, *þwahilu (“towel, washcloth”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

toallia f (genitive toalliae); first declension[3]

  1. (Medieval Latin) towel, washcloth
    Synonym: mantele

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toallia toalliae
Genitive toalliae toalliārum
Dative toalliae toalliīs
Accusative toalliam toalliās
Ablative toalliā toalliīs
Vocative toallia toalliae

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “toaille”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 629: “*thwahlja, serviette”
  2. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “tovaglia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati: “*thwahlja”
  3. ^ Blaise, Albert (1975) “tuella”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols
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