nuc
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nuc"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortening.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nuc (plural nucs)
- (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
- 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them, page 110:
- I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week […]
Alternative forms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin nux, nucis.
Noun
[edit]nuc m (plural nuts)
- walnut tree
Related terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare păr, prun, alun, măr, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nuc m (plural nuci)
- walnut (tree)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | nuc | nucul | nuci | nucii | |
genitive-dative | nuc | nucului | nuci | nucilor | |
vocative | nucule | nucilor |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- nuc in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Tapachultec
[edit]Noun
[edit]nuc
Usage notes
[edit]- This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is nog.
References
[edit]- Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.
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- ro:Trees
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