albinucha

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) + Medieval Latin nucha (“nape of the neck”), from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbi.nu.kʰa/, [äɫ̪ˈbɪnʊkʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbi.nu.ka/, [älˈbiːnukä]

Noun

albinucha f (genitive albinuchae); first declension

1. (New Latin) (usually used attributively) A white nape.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albinucha	albinuchae
Genitive	albinuchae	albinuchārum
Dative	albinuchae	albinuchīs
Accusative	albinucham	albinuchās
Ablative	albinuchā	albinuchīs
Vocative	albinucha	albinuchae

Descendants

• Translingual: Actophilornis albinucha, Columba albinucha