conchula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.kʰʊ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ku.la]

Noun

conchula f (genitive conchulae); first declension

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.