runca

See also: runča

Latin

Etymology 1

Back-formation from runcō (“to weed”).

Noun

runca f (genitive runcae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a weed, especially a bramble, thorny bush

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	runca	runcae
Genitive	runcae	runcārum
Dative	runcae	runcīs
Accusative	runcam	runcās
Ablative	runcā	runcīs
Vocative	runca	runcae

Etymology 2

Verb

runcā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of runcō

References

• “runca”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• runca 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)

Sicilian

Etymology

Back formation from Latin runco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐun.ka/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: rùn‧ca

Noun

runca f (plural runchi)

1. (obsolete) a billhook

Derived terms

• runcigghiu
• runculiḍḍa
• rùncula

 

Related terms

• arrancari

 

See also

• catu
• fesi
• furcuni
• marteḍḍu
• pala
• picu
• ramazzu
• rastreḍḍu
• scarpeḍḍu
• serra
• sicchiu
• sirràculu