dravoca
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Gaulish, potentially Gaulish drāyāka,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥Hwā.[2] Compare English tare, Welsh drewg (“darnel”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”) and Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā, “panic grass, millet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdra.u̯o.ka/, [ˈd̪räu̯ɔkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdra.vo.ka/, [ˈd̪räːvokä]
Noun edit
dravoca f (genitive dravocae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dravoca | dravocae |
| Genitive | dravocae | dravocārum |
| Dative | dravocae | dravocīs |
| Accusative | dravocam | dravocās |
| Ablative | dravocā | dravocīs |
| Vocative | dravoca | dravocae |
References edit
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012 August 22) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic[1], BRILL, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “dravoca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 374