"ulva" meaning in All languages combined

See ulva on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔl.və/ [US] Forms: ulvas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔlvə Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Ulva, itself from Latin ulva (“sedge”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Ulva}} translingual Ulva, {{der|en|la|ulva|t=sedge}} Latin ulva (“sedge”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ulva (plural ulvas)
  1. Any organism of the genus Ulva.

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈʊɫ.wa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈul.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂el-||to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ulva<1>}} ulva f (genitive ulvae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ulva<1>}} Forms: ulvae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ulva [nominative, singular], ulvae [nominative, plural], ulvae [genitive, singular], ulvārum [genitive, plural], ulvae [dative, singular], ulvīs [dative, plural], ulvam [accusative, singular], ulvās [accusative, plural], ulvā [ablative, singular], ulvīs [ablative, plural], ulva [singular, vocative], ulvae [plural, vocative]
  1. sedge Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: cārex

Inflected forms

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