fulica
See also: Fulica
Latin
Alternative forms
- fulix
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare Old High German belihha ("coot"; > modern German Belche), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfʊlʲɪkä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfuːlikä]
Noun
fulica f (genitive fulicae); first declension
- a coot
- waterfowl
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fulica | fulicae |
| Genitive | fulicae | fulicārum |
| Dative | fulicae | fulicīs |
| Accusative | fulicam | fulicās |
| Ablative | fulicā | fulicīs |
| Vocative | fulica | fulicae |
Descendants
See also fulix.
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: fôlga
- Italian: folaga
- Neapolitan: folleca
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: foliga (Roussillon)
- Occitan: folca
- → French: foulque
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: puliga (Campidanese)
- Borrowings:
- → Middle French: fullicque
- → Spanish: fúlica
- → Translingual: Fulica
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fŭlĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 843
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 118-119
Further reading
- “fulica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette