morula
See also: mórula
English edit
Etymology edit
From diminutive of Latin morum (“mulberry”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morula (plural morulas or morulae)
- (embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
spherical mass of blastomeres
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin morula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morula
Declension edit
Inflection of morula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | morula | morulat | ||
genitive | morulan | moruloiden moruloitten | ||
partitive | morulaa | moruloita | ||
illative | morulaan | moruloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | morula | morulat | ||
accusative | nom. | morula | morulat | |
gen. | morulan | |||
genitive | morulan | moruloiden moruloitten morulainrare | ||
partitive | morulaa | moruloita | ||
inessive | morulassa | moruloissa | ||
elative | morulasta | moruloista | ||
illative | morulaan | moruloihin | ||
adessive | morulalla | moruloilla | ||
ablative | morulalta | moruloilta | ||
allative | morulalle | moruloille | ||
essive | morulana | moruloina | ||
translative | morulaksi | moruloiksi | ||
abessive | morulatta | moruloitta | ||
instructive | — | moruloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
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Further reading edit
- “morula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Noun edit
morula f (plural morulas)
Further reading edit
- “morula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔrʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔːrulä]
Noun edit
morula f (genitive morulae); first declension
- a brief delay
- 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 11.15:
- quod tamen ita raptim a futuro in praeteritum transvolat, ut nulla morula extendatur.
- But this flies so rapidly from future to past that it cannot be extended by any delay.
- quod tamen ita raptim a futuro in praeteritum transvolat, ut nulla morula extendatur.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | morula | morulae |
Genitive | morulae | morulārum |
Dative | morulae | morulīs |
Accusative | morulam | morulās |
Ablative | morulā | morulīs |
Vocative | morula | morulae |
References edit
- “morula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin morula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morula f
- (embryology) morula (spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote)
- faza/stadium moruli ― morula stage
Declension edit
Declension of morula