nucha
English
Etymology
From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”),[1] borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).[2][3]. Doublet of nuque.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːkə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ukə/
- Hyphenation: nu‧cha
Noun
nucha (plural nuchae)
- (anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.
- (anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.
Alternative forms
- nuke
Derived terms
- nuchal
- nuchal ligament
References
- “nucha, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2019.
- “nucha, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003.
- “nucha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- chaun
Latin
Alternative forms
- nucra, nocra
Etymology
From a mix of Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʿ, “spinal marrow”) and نُقْرَة (nuqra, “hollow of the neck”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.kʰa/, [ˈnʊkʰä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.ka/, [ˈnuːkä]
Noun
nucha f (genitive nuchae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) nape
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nucha | nuchae |
Genitive | nuchae | nuchārum |
Dative | nuchae | nuchīs |
Accusative | nucham | nuchās |
Ablative | nuchā | nuchīs |
Vocative | nucha | nuchae |
Descendants
- → Catalan: nuca
- → Middle English: nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka
- English: nucha
- → Old French: nuche
- Middle French: nuque, nuche
- → English: nuque
- French: nuque
- Middle French: nuque, nuche
- → Italian: nuca
- → Portuguese: nuca
- → Spanish: nuca
Further reading
- Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 188–193