cuniclus

cuniclus

Latin

Etymology

Via the intertonic vowel syncope predominant in Western Romance.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈniːk.klus/, [kʊˈniːk.kɫ̪ʊs̠]

Noun

cunīclus m (genitive cunīclī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of cunīculus (“rabbit”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cunīclus	cunīclī
Genitive	cunīclī	cunīclōrum
Dative	cunīclō	cunīclīs
Accusative	cunīclum	cunīclōs
Ablative	cunīclō	cunīclīs
Vocative	cunīcle	cunīclī

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: κουνίκλος (kouníklos)
• Gallo-Italic
  • Lombard: cunìch
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: cunigliu, cunigliulu
  • Italian: coniglio
  • Sicilian: cunigghiu, cunigliu
• Old French: connil (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle French: connil
    • French: connil (archaic)
• Old Occitan: [Term?]
  • Catalan: conill
  • Occitan: conilh
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: cunigl, cunegl
• Sardinian: conígiu, conígliu, coníliu, conillu, cunidhu, cunixu
• Venetian: cunicio, conicio, cunic, conéjo, cunin, cunel
• West Iberian
  • Mozarabic:

    Arabic: كُونَالْيه‎ (coneʎu)

    Hebrew: כוֹנאֵלּו‎ (coneʎu)

  • Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
    • Aragonese: coniello
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: conexu, coneyu
    • Leonese: cuneyu
    • Mirandese: coneilho
  • Old Portuguese: cõello (see there for further descendants)
    • Galician: coello
    • Portuguese: coelho
  • Old Spanish: [Term?]
    • Ladino: konejo
    • Spanish: conejo (see there for further descendants)
• → Breton: konikl
• → Estonian: küülik

References

• “cunīculus” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present