turtur

See also: Turtur and țurțur

Latin
turtur (turtle dove)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.

Pronunciation

Noun

turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension

  1. turtle dove

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative turtur turturēs
Genitive turturis turturum
Dative turturī turturibus
Accusative turturem turturēs
Ablative turture turturibus
Vocative turtur turturēs

Derived terms
  • turturilla / turturella

Descendants

References
  • “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • turtur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • turtur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tuɾ.ˈtuɾ]

Noun

turtur (nominative plural turturs)

  1. turtledove, turtle dove (bird)

Declension
declension of turtur
singular plural
nominative turtur turturs
genitive turtura turturas
dative turture turtures
accusative turturi turturis
vocative 1 o turtur! o turturs!
predicative 2 turturu turturus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turtur.

Pronunciation

Noun

turtur f (plural turturod)

  1. turtle dove

Derived terms
  • turtur chwerthinog
  • turtur dorchog

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
turtur durtur nhurtur thurtur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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