nimfa

See also: nimfă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

Pronunciation

Noun

nimfa f (plural nimfes)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest or mountain spirit)
  2. (anatomy) labia minora
  3. nymph (insect larva)

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nympha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲim.fa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -imfa
  • Syllabification: nim‧fa

Noun

nimfa f

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest, or mountain spirit)
  2. (entomology) nymph (insect larva)

Declension
Declension of nimfa
singular plural
nominative nimfa nimfy
genitive nimfy nimf
dative nimfie nimfom
accusative nimfę nimfy
instrumental nimfą nimfami
locative nimfie nimfach
vocative nimfo nimfy

Further reading
  • nimfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nimfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nîːmfa/
  • Hyphenation: nim‧fa

Noun

nȋmfa f (Cyrillic spelling ни̑мфа)

  1. (mythology) nymph
  2. nymph (insect larva)

Declension
Declension of nimfa
singular plural
nominative nȋmfa nimfe
genitive nimfe nȋmfā / nȋmfī
dative nimfi nimfama
accusative nimfu nimfe
vocative nimfo nimfe
locative nimfi nimfama
instrumental nimfom nimfama
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