nucha

English

Etymology

From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”),[1] borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).[2][3]. Doublet of nuque.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːkə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ukə/
Hyphenation: nu‧cha

Noun

nucha (plural nuchae)

(anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.
(anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.

Alternative forms

nuke

Derived terms

nuchal
nuchal ligament

References

“nucha, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2019.
“nucha, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003.
“nucha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

chaun

Latin

Alternative forms

nucra, nocra

Etymology

From either Arabic نُخَاع‎ (nuḵāʕ, “spinal marrow”) or Arabic نُقْرَة‎ (nuqra, “hollow of the neck”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kʰa/, [ˈnʊkʰä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.ka/, [ˈnuːkä]

Noun

nucha f (genitive nuchae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) nape

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nucha	nuchae
Genitive	nuchae	nuchārum
Dative	nuchae	nuchīs
Accusative	nucham	nuchās
Ablative	nuchā	nuchīs
Vocative	nucha	nuchae

Descendants

→ Catalan: nuca
→ Middle English: nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka
- English: nucha
→ Old French: nuche
- Middle French: nuque, nuche
  - → English: nuque
  - French: nuque
→ Italian: nuca
→ Portuguese: nuca
→ Spanish: nuca

Further reading

Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎ (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 188–193

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