pustula

See also: pústula and pustulă

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pustula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpustulɑ/, [ˈpus̠tulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ustulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pus‧tu‧la

Noun

pustula

1. (pathology) pustule

Declension

Inflection of pustula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		pustula	pustulat
genitive		pustulan	pustuloiden pustuloitten
partitive		pustulaa	pustuloita
illative		pustulaan	pustuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pustula	pustulat
accusative	nom.	pustula	pustulat
	gen.	pustulan
genitive		pustulan	pustuloiden pustuloitten pustulain rare
partitive		pustulaa	pustuloita
inessive		pustulassa	pustuloissa
elative		pustulasta	pustuloista
illative		pustulaan	pustuloihin
adessive		pustulalla	pustuloilla
ablative		pustulalta	pustuloilta
allative		pustulalle	pustuloille
essive		pustulana	pustuloina
translative		pustulaksi	pustuloiksi
abessive		pustulatta	pustuloitta
instructive		—	pustuloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pustula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pustulani pustulani accusative nom. pustulani pustulani gen. pustulani genitive pustulani pustuloideni pustuloitteni pustulaini rare partitive pustulaani pustuloitani inessive pustulassani pustuloissani elative pustulastani pustuloistani illative pustulaani pustuloihini adessive pustulallani pustuloillani ablative pustulaltani pustuloiltani allative pustulalleni pustuloilleni essive pustulanani pustuloinani translative pustulakseni pustuloikseni abessive pustulattani pustuloittani instructive — — comitative — pustuloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pustulasi pustulasi accusative nom. pustulasi pustulasi gen. pustulasi genitive pustulasi pustuloidesi pustuloittesi pustulaisi rare partitive pustulaasi pustuloitasi inessive pustulassasi pustuloissasi elative pustulastasi pustuloistasi illative pustulaasi pustuloihisi adessive pustulallasi pustuloillasi ablative pustulaltasi pustuloiltasi allative pustulallesi pustuloillesi essive pustulanasi pustuloinasi translative pustulaksesi pustuloiksesi abessive pustulattasi pustuloittasi instructive — — comitative — pustuloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pustulamme pustulamme accusative nom. pustulamme pustulamme gen. pustulamme genitive pustulamme pustuloidemme pustuloittemme pustulaimme rare partitive pustulaamme pustuloitamme inessive pustulassamme pustuloissamme elative pustulastamme pustuloistamme illative pustulaamme pustuloihimme adessive pustulallamme pustuloillamme ablative pustulaltamme pustuloiltamme allative pustulallemme pustuloillemme essive pustulanamme pustuloinamme translative pustulaksemme pustuloiksemme abessive pustulattamme pustuloittamme instructive — — comitative — pustuloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pustulanne pustulanne accusative nom. pustulanne pustulanne gen. pustulanne genitive pustulanne pustuloidenne pustuloittenne pustulainne rare partitive pustulaanne pustuloitanne inessive pustulassanne pustuloissanne elative pustulastanne pustuloistanne illative pustulaanne pustuloihinne adessive pustulallanne pustuloillanne ablative pustulaltanne pustuloiltanne allative pustulallenne pustuloillenne essive pustulananne pustuloinanne translative pustulaksenne pustuloiksenne abessive pustulattanne pustuloittanne instructive — — comitative — pustuloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pustulansa pustulansa accusative nom. pustulansa pustulansa gen. pustulansa genitive pustulansa pustuloidensa pustuloittensa pustulainsa rare partitive pustulaansa pustuloitaan pustuloitansa inessive pustulassaan pustulassansa pustuloissaan pustuloissansa elative pustulastaan pustulastansa pustuloistaan pustuloistansa illative pustulaansa pustuloihinsa adessive pustulallaan pustulallansa pustuloillaan pustuloillansa ablative pustulaltaan pustulaltansa pustuloiltaan pustuloiltansa allative pustulalleen pustulallensa pustuloilleen pustuloillensa essive pustulanaan pustulanansa pustuloinaan pustuloinansa translative pustulakseen pustulaksensa pustuloikseen pustuloiksensa abessive pustulattaan pustulattansa pustuloittaan pustuloittansa instructive — — comitative — pustuloineen pustuloinensa

Further reading

• “pustula”, 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

Anagrams

• putlaus, tuplaus

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūstula.

Noun

pustula f (plural pustule)

1. (pathology) pustule
   • 1809, Luigi Sacco, Trattato di vaccinazione: con osservazioni sul giavardo e vajuolo pecorino, page 87:

     Quando si punge la pustula s'incontra una certa resistenza, quasi che si entri in un corpo planduloso.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1835, Gabriel Andral, Philippe Frederic Blandin, Dizionario Di Medicina, Chirurgia E Farmacia Pratiche, page 80:

     le pustule dell' acne sono il risultato di diversi modi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1850, Giuseppe Biaggi, Gride, regolamenti, tasse e tariffe diverse tuttora in vigore alla congregazione municipale per uso de'possidenti, negoziant, page 77:

     Nell' ottavo la pustula è perfettamente formata

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

Probably ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European imitative root *pus- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Ancient Greek φυσάω (phusáō). Alternatively related to or derived from pūs.

Noun

pustula f (genitive pustulae); first declension

1. inflamed sore, blister, pustule

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pustula	pustulae
Genitive	pustulae	pustulārum
Dative	pustulae	pustulīs
Accusative	pustulam	pustulās
Ablative	pustulā	pustulīs
Vocative	pustula	pustulae

Descendants

• Asturian: pústula, postiella
• Catalan: pústula
• → English: pustule
• French: pustule
• Galician: bocha, pústula, bostela
• Italian: pustola
• Portuguese: pústula, bostela
• Romanian: pustulă, pușchea
• Sicilian: pùstula
• Spanish: pústula, postilla

References

• “pustula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pustula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pustula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.