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Turtur
Turtur
Translingual
Proper noun
Turtur m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – wood doves.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Columbinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
turtur
turtur
Latin

turtur (turtle dove)
Noun
turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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
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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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “turtur”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tuɾˈtuɾ]
Noun
turtur (plural turturs)
Declension
declension of turtur
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | turtur | turturs |
| genitive | turtura | turturas |
| dative | turture | turtures |
| accusative | turturi | turturis |
| predicative | turturu | turturus |
| vocative | o turtur! | o turturs! |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hiturtur
- hiturturül
- jiturtur
- jiturturül
- turturahoned
- turturakran
- turturalog
- turturanäst
- turturanög
- turturaplüm
- turturaplümem
- turturem
- turturibrid
- turturibridan
- turturil