morula
See also: mórula
English
Etymology
From diminutive of Latin morum (“mulberry”).
Noun
morula (plural morulas or morulae)
- (embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula
Related terms
- moruloid
Translations
spherical mass of blastomeres
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Anagrams
- Lamour
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin morula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmorulɑ/, [ˈmo̞rulɑ]
- Rhymes: -orulɑ
- Syllabification(key): mo‧ru‧la
Noun
morula
- (biology) morula
Declension
| Inflection of morula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | morula | morulat | |
| genitive | morulan | moruloiden moruloitten | |
| partitive | morulaa | moruloita | |
| illative | morulaan | moruloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | morula | morulat | |
| accusative | nom. | morula | morulat |
| gen. | morulan | ||
| genitive | morulan | moruloiden moruloitten morulainrare | |
| partitive | morulaa | moruloita | |
| inessive | morulassa | moruloissa | |
| elative | morulasta | moruloista | |
| illative | morulaan | moruloihin | |
| adessive | morulalla | moruloilla | |
| ablative | morulalta | moruloilta | |
| allative | morulalle | moruloille | |
| essive | morulana | moruloina | |
| translative | morulaksi | moruloiksi | |
| instructive | — | moruloin | |
| abessive | morulatta | moruloitta | |
| comitative | — | moruloineen | |
| Possessive forms of morula (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | morulani | morulamme |
| 2nd person | morulasi | morulanne |
| 3rd person | morulansa | |
Synonyms
- solurypäle
Related terms
- muurainaste
French
Noun
morula f (plural morulas)
- morula
Further reading
- “morula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From mora + -ula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔrʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔːrulä]
Noun
morula f (genitive morulae); first declension
- a brief delay
- 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 11.15:
- quod tamen ita raptim a futuro in praeteritum transvolat, ut nulla morula extendatur.
- But this flies so rapidly from future to past that it cannot be extended by any delay.
- quod tamen ita raptim a futuro in praeteritum transvolat, ut nulla morula extendatur.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | morula | morulae |
| Genitive | morulae | morulārum |
| Dative | morulae | morulīs |
| Accusative | morulam | morulās |
| Ablative | morulā | morulīs |
| Vocative | morula | morulae |
References
- “morula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette