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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-dʰleh₂, which consists of the root *syuh₁- (sew) and the suffix *-dʰlom (tool suffix). This becomes the Latin derivation suō (to sew) +‎ -bula. Cognate to Russian шило (šilo, awl) and Czech šídlo (awl), and to Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (to sew).

Noun

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sūbula f (genitive sūbulae); first declension

  1. shoemaker's awl

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sūbula sūbulae
genitive sūbulae sūbulārum
dative sūbulae sūbulīs
accusative sūbulam sūbulās
ablative sūbulā sūbulīs
vocative sūbula sūbulae
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Descendants

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  • Aromanian: sulã
  • Catalan (Algherese): sula
  • Galician: subela (via diminutive *sūbella)
  • Italian: subbia (chisel)
  • Portuguese: sovela
  • Romanian: sulă
  • Spanish: subilla (via diminutive *sūbella)
  • Venetan: sùbia
  • Greek: σούβλα f (soúvla, spit)

References

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  • subula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • subula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600
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