pupilla
See also: pupil·la
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pupilla.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpupilːɒ]
- Hyphenation: pu‧pil‧la
- Rhymes: -lɒ
Noun
pupilla (plural pupillák)
- (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
- Synonym: szembogár
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pupilla | pupillák |
| accusative | pupillát | pupillákat |
| dative | pupillának | pupilláknak |
| instrumental | pupillával | pupillákkal |
| causal-final | pupilláért | pupillákért |
| translative | pupillává | pupillákká |
| terminative | pupilláig | pupillákig |
| essive-formal | pupillaként | pupillákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pupillában | pupillákban |
| superessive | pupillán | pupillákon |
| adessive | pupillánál | pupilláknál |
| illative | pupillába | pupillákba |
| sublative | pupillára | pupillákra |
| allative | pupillához | pupillákhoz |
| elative | pupillából | pupillákból |
| delative | pupilláról | pupillákról |
| ablative | pupillától | pupilláktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | pupilláé | pupilláké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | pupilláéi | pupillákéi |
| Possessive forms of pupilla | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pupillám | pupilláim |
| 2nd person sing. | pupillád | pupilláid |
| 3rd person sing. | pupillája | pupillái |
| 1st person plural | pupillánk | pupilláink |
| 2nd person plural | pupillátok | pupilláitok |
| 3rd person plural | pupillájuk | pupilláik |
Derived terms
- pupillájú
Compound words
- pupillatágító
- pupillatágulat
References
- pupilla in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- pupilla in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- pupilla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Alternative forms
- popilla (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pupilla. (both senses).
Noun
pupilla f (plural pupille)
- pupil (of the eye)
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il corpo umano”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, OCLC 637086594, page 115:
- La pupilla dell’occhio si muta in tante varie grandezze, quanto son le varietà delle chiarezze e oscurità delli obbietti che dinanzi se li rappresentano.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- female equivalent of pupillo (“ward”)
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of pūpula, itself a diminutive of pūpa, equivalent to pūpa + -illa. The transferred anatomical meaning is part of a strong cross-linguistic tendency, in reference to the small reflected image of oneself seen when looking into someone's eye.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puːˈpil.la/, [puːˈpɪlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈpil.la/, [puˈpilːä]
Noun
pūpilla f (genitive pūpillae); first declension
- Diminutive of pūpula:
- an underage orphan, female ward
- (transferred sense, anatomy) the pupil of the eye
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūpilla | pūpillae |
| Genitive | pūpillae | pūpillārum |
| Dative | pūpillae | pūpillīs |
| Accusative | pūpillam | pūpillās |
| Ablative | pūpillā | pūpillīs |
| Vocative | pūpilla | pūpillae |
Related terms
- pūpillus
Descendants
- → Catalan: pupil·la
- → English: pupil
- → French: pupille
- → Italian: pupilla
- → Portuguese: pupila
- → Sicilian: pupiḍḍa
- → Spanish: pupila
References
- “pupilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pupilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pupilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pupilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers