-cula

See also: cula, cúla, cüla, culă, čula, and čūla

Latin

Suffix

-cula

  1. inflection of -culus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-culā

  1. ablative feminine singular of -culus

Usage notes
  • ‎acus (“needle, pin”) + ‎-cula → ‎acicula (“hairpin, hatpin”)
  • ‎āctiō (“action”) + ‎-cula → ‎āctiuncula (stem āctiōn-)
  • ‎aedis (“temple, shrine; room”) + ‎-cula → ‎aedicula (“small temple, chapel; small house, room”)
  • ‎anas (“duck”) + ‎-cula → ‎anaticula (stem anat-)
  • ‎auris (“ear”) + ‎-cula → ‎auricula (“external part of the ear; ear-lap”)
  • ‎canis (“dog”) + ‎-cula → ‎canīcula (“little dog; dogfish, shark”)
  • ‎virgō (“maid, maiden, virgin”) + ‎-cula → ‎virguncula (stem virgin-)
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