mastruca
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin mastrūca, of Nuragic origin. Cognate with Sardinian mastruca, mastrucca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mastruca f (plural mastruche)
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From a Nuragic term. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /masˈtruː.ka/, [mäs̠ˈt̪ruːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /masˈtru.ka/, [mäsˈt̪ruːkä]
Noun edit
mastrūca f (genitive mastrūcae); first declension
- A sheepskin or goatskin jacket, as those worn by Sardinians.
- (figuratively) A ninny.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mastrūca | mastrūcae |
| Genitive | mastrūcae | mastrūcārum |
| Dative | mastrūcae | mastrūcīs |
| Accusative | mastrūcam | mastrūcās |
| Ablative | mastrūcā | mastrūcīs |
| Vocative | mastrūca | mastrūcae |
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References edit
- “mastruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mastruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mastruca 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)