lunula
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lunula (plural lunulae or (archaic) lunulæ)
- (anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pale area at the base of the fingernail
See also
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lunula
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lunula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lunula | lunulat | |
genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten | |
partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | |
illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lunula | lunulat | |
accusative | nom. | lunula | lunulat |
gen. | lunulan | ||
genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten lunulain rare | |
partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | |
inessive | lunulassa | lunuloissa | |
elative | lunulasta | lunuloista | |
illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | |
adessive | lunulalla | lunuloilla | |
ablative | lunulalta | lunuloilta | |
allative | lunulalle | lunuloille | |
essive | lunulana | lunuloina | |
translative | lunulaksi | lunuloiksi | |
abessive | lunulatta | lunuloitta | |
instructive | — | lunuloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lunula f (plural lunule)
Latin
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈluː.nu.la/, [ˈɫ̪uːnʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.nu.la/, [ˈluːnulä]
Noun
[edit]lūnula f (genitive lūnulae); first declension
- an ornament in the form of a little moon
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lūnula | lūnulae |
genitive | lūnulae | lūnulārum |
dative | lūnulae | lūnulīs |
accusative | lūnulam | lūnulās |
ablative | lūnulā | lūnulīs |
vocative | lūnula | lūnulae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lunula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lunula 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)
- lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin lūnula.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lunula f
- (Ancient Rome, historical) lunula (crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome)
- (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance)
- Synonyms: melchizedech, melchizedek
Declension
[edit]Declension of lunula
Further reading
[edit]- lunula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Anatomy
- en:Ancient Rome
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Jewelry
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/unulɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/unulɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Anatomy
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Polish/ula
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Ancient Rome
- Polish terms with historical senses
- pl:Christianity
- pl:Catholicism
- pl:Anglicanism
- pl:Jewelry