"spelta" meaning in Latin

See spelta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈspɛɫ.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈspɛl.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|frk|*spelta}} Frankish *spelta, {{der|la|gem-pro|*spiltaz}} Proto-Germanic *spiltaz Head templates: {{la-noun|spelta<1>}} spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|spelta<1>}} Forms: speltae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], spelta [nominative, singular], speltae [nominative, plural], speltae [genitive, singular], speltārum [genitive, plural], speltae [dative, singular], speltīs [dative, plural], speltam [accusative, singular], speltās [accusative, plural], speltā [ablative, singular], speltīs [ablative, plural], spelta [singular, vocative], speltae [plural, vocative]
  1. spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta) Tags: declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "épeautre"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "espiautre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "spelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "espelta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*spelta"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *spelta",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spiltaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spiltaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltārum",
          "speltarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltīs",
          "speltis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltās",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltās",
          "speltas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltā",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltā",
          "spelta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltīs",
          "speltis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spelta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spelta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grains",
          "orig": "la:Grains",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spelta-la-noun-9wCaUnAx",
      "links": [
        [
          "spelt",
          "spelt"
        ],
        [
          "Triticum spelta",
          "Triticum spelta#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛɫ.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛl.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelta"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "épeautre"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "espiautre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "spelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "espelta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "espelta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*spelta"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *spelta",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spiltaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spiltaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltārum",
          "speltarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltīs",
          "speltis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltās",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltās",
          "speltas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltā",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltā",
          "spelta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "speltīs",
          "speltis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speltae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spelta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spelta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Frankish",
        "Latin terms derived from Frankish",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Grains"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spelt",
          "spelt"
        ],
        [
          "Triticum spelta",
          "Triticum spelta#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛɫ.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspɛl.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelta"
}

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