merula
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Proto-Italic *meselā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black, blackbird”). If such a term existed, see also Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), German Amsel, English ouzel.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ru.la/, [ˈmɛrʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ru.la/, [ˈmɛːrulä]
Noun edit
merula f (genitive merulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | merula | merulae |
| Genitive | merulae | merulārum |
| Dative | merulae | merulīs |
| Accusative | merulam | merulās |
| Ablative | merulā | merulīs |
| Vocative | merula | merulae |
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: njerlã, njirlã
- Asturian: mierbu, miruellu
- Bourguignon: miâle
- Catalan: merla
- Dalmatian: miarla
- Dutch: merel
- French: merle
- Bourguignon: marle
- Friulian: mierli
- Galician: melro, merlo, merla
- Italian: merlo, merla
- Ladin: merlo
- Occitan: mèrle, mèrla
- Portuguese: melro
- Romanian: mierlă
- Romansch: merl, merlotscha
- Sardinian: mérula, meurra
- Sicilian: mèrulu, merru
- Spanish: merla, mierla, mirla, merlo, mirlo
- Venetian: merlo
- Walloon: miele
- → English: merle
- → Proto-West Germanic: *merlā (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “merula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- merula 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)
- merula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “merula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “merula”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “merula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly