spelta
See also: Spelta
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛl.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɛlta
- Hyphenation: spèl‧ta
Noun
spelta f (plural spelte)
- spelt (Triticum spelta)
See also
- farro
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈs̠pɛɫ̪t̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspel.ta/, [ˈspɛl̪t̪ä]
Noun
spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension
- spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spelta | speltae |
| Genitive | speltae | speltārum |
| Dative | speltae | speltīs |
| Accusative | speltam | speltās |
| Ablative | speltā | speltīs |
| Vocative | spelta | speltae |
Descendants
- Catalan: espelta
- Old French: espiautre
- French: épeautre
- Galician: espelta
- Italian: spelta
- Portuguese: espelta
- Spanish: espelta
References
- “spelta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spelta 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)
- spelta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette