merula

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *meselā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black, blackbird”), if such a term existed, see also Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), German Amsel, English ouzel

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ru.la/, [ˈmɛrʊɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ru.la/, [ˈmɛːrulä]

Noun

merula f (genitive merulae); first declension

blackbird
wrasse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	merula	merulae
Genitive	merulae	merulārum
Dative	merulae	merulīs
Accusative	merulam	merulās
Ablative	merulā	merulīs
Vocative	merula	merulae

Descendants

Aromanian: njerlã, njirlã
Asturian: mierbu, miruellu
Bourguignon: miâle
Catalan: merla
Dalmatian: miarla
Dutch: merel
English: merle
French: merle
- Bourguignon: marle
Friulian: mierli
Galician: melro, merlo, merla
Italian: merlo, merla
Ladin: merlo
Luxembourgish: Märel
Occitan: mèrle, mèrla
Portuguese: melro
Romanian: mierlă
Romansch: merl, merlotscha
Sardinian: mérula, meurra
Sicilian: mèrulu, merru
Spanish: merla, mierla, mirla, merlo, mirlo
Venetian: merlo
Walloon: miele

References

“merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
merula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
merula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“merula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“merula”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
“merula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly