toallia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *þwahlijā, *þwahilu (towel, washcloth).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

toallia f (genitive toalliae); first declension[3]

  1. (Medieval Latin) towel, washcloth
    Synonym: mantele

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toallia toalliae
Genitive toalliae toalliārum
Dative toalliae toalliīs
Accusative toalliam toalliās
Ablative toalliā toalliīs
Vocative toallia toalliae

Descendants

References

  1. Greimas, A.J. (1969) “toaille”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 629:*thwahlja, serviette
  2. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “tovaglia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati:*thwahlja
  3. Blaise, Albert (1975) “tuella”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols
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