gavia
See also: Gavia
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰl- (“fork, branch of tree”) due to the similarity of a hawk's claws to a pitchfork, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-; compare Old High German gabila, gabala (“sparrow hawk”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡaː.u̯i.a/, [ˈɡäːu̯iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.vi.a/, [ˈɡäːviä]
Noun
gāvia f (genitive gāviae); first declension
- a kind of bird
Usage notes
The identity of the gāvia in Classical Latin is uncertain, possibly the seagull. Modern taxonomic Latin applies the term Gavia to the loon (diver), but Classical Latin called this bird mergus.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gāvia | gāviae |
| Genitive | gāviae | gāviārum |
| Dative | gāviae | gāviīs |
| Accusative | gāviam | gāviās |
| Ablative | gāviā | gāviīs |
| Vocative | gāvia | gāviae |
Descendants
- Catalan: gavina
- Galician: gaivota (“gull”), gueivota (“gull”), avión (“swallow”)
- Italian: gabbiano (“gull”), gavina (“common gull”)
- Maltese: gawwija (“gull”)
- Portuguese: gavião (“hawk”), gaivota (“gull”)
- Romanian: gaie (“kite”)
- Sicilian: gàipa (“Commons gull”), gaipazza (“yellow-legged gull”), gaipuni (“yellow-legged gull”)
- Spanish: gaviota (“gull”), avión (“swallow”)
- Translingual: Gavia (“loon, diver”)
- Tunisian Arabic: gāwya (“seagull, black-headed gull”)
References
- “gavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Noun
gavia f (plural gavias)
- (nautical) topsail
Further reading
- “gavia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014