fulica

See also: Fulica

Latin

Alternative forms
  • fulix

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.li.ka/, [ˈfʊ.lɪ.ka]

Noun

fulica f (genitive fulicae); first declension

  1. a coot
  2. waterfowl

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fulica fulicae
Genitive fulicae fulicārum
Dative fulicae fulicīs
Accusative fulicam fulicās
Ablative fulicā fulicīs
Vocative fulica fulicae

Descendants
  • Sardinian: puliga, fuliga
  • Sicilian: fiddècula
  • Spanish: fúlica, focha
  • Translingual: Fulica

References
  • fulica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fulica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 118-119
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