gulbia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”) (compare Middle Irish gulba (“beak, jaw”), Welsh gylfln (“beak”)), probably of non-Indo-European origin, and not related to Proto-Indo-European *gelbʰ- (“to flay, scrape”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡul.bi.a/, [ˈɡʊɫ.bi.a]

Noun

gulbia f (genitive gulbiae); first declension[3]

  1. (Late Latin) piercer, chisel

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gulbia gulbiae
Genitive gulbiae gulbiārum
Dative gulbiae gulbiīs
Accusative gulbiam gulbiās
Ablative gulbiā gulbiīs
Vocative gulbia gulbiae

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Descendants

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gulbV-, *gulbīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 168-169
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gelebh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 366-367
  3. gubia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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