melca

Catalan

Noun

melca f (plural melques)

sorghum
Synonym: sorgo

Further reading

“melca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“melca” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“melca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“melca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-[1]. Compare English milk.

Noun

melca f (genitive melcae); first declension

milk with spices

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	melca	melcae
Genitive	melcae	melcārum
Dative	melcae	melcīs
Accusative	melcam	melcās
Ablative	melcā	melcīs
Vocative	melca	melcae

References

melca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “melca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 62

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