See also: pupil·la

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pupilla.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpupilːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧pil‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun edit

pupilla (plural pupillák)

  1. (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
    Synonym: szembogár

Declension edit

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 edit

Compound words

References edit

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ pupilla in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • pupilla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pupilla. (both senses).

Noun edit

pupilla f (plural pupille)

  1. pupil (of the eye)
  2. female equivalent of pupillo (ward)

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

pūpilla f (genitive pūpillae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of pūpula:
    1. an underage orphan, female ward
    2. (transferred sense, anatomy) the pupil of the eye

Declension edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: pupil·la
  • English: pupil
  • French: pupille
  • Italian: pupilla
  • Portuguese: pupila
  • Sicilian: pupiḍḍa
  • Spanish: pupila

References edit

  • 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