fagina

Catalan

Alternative forms

• fatgina, faïna, fegina, fuïna, fuina, fusina, fugina

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fāgīna (“beech marten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈʒi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈd͡ʒi.na]

Noun

fagina f (plural fagines)

1. beech marten

   Synonym: gorjablanc

Related terms

• faig

Further reading

• “fagina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology 1

First attested in 1591. From Romance, compare French fouine and Italian faina, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *fāgīna (“beech marten”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈd͡ʒi.na/, [fäˈd͡ʒiːnä]

Noun

fāgīna f (genitive fāgīnae); first declension (Renaissance Latin)

1. beech marten

   Hypernym: mūstēla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• fāgina: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ɡi.na/, [ˈfäːɡɪnä]
• fāgina: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.d͡ʒi.na/, [ˈfäːd͡ʒinä]
• fāginā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ɡi.naː/, [ˈfäːɡɪnäː]
• fāginā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.d͡ʒi.na/, [ˈfäːd͡ʒinä]

Adjective

fāgina

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

Adjective

fāginā

1. ablative feminine singular of fāginus