conchula

Latin

Etymology

From concha (“mollusk”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.kʰu.la/, [ˈkɔŋkʰʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ku.la/, [ˈkɔŋkulä]

Noun

conchula f (genitive conchulae); first declension

1. diminutive of concha (“mollusk, mussel, oyster”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conchula	conchulae
genitive	conchulae	conchulārum
dative	conchulae	conchulīs
accusative	conchulam	conchulās
ablative	conchulā	conchulīs
vocative	conchula	conchulae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: gongola
  • Neapolitan: vòngola
    • → Italian: vongola
  • Sicilian: crocchia
• West Iberian:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: concha
    • Galician: cuncha
    • Portuguese: concha
  • Spanish: concha, concho
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: concola (semi-learned)

References

• “conchula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conchula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.