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Webster 1913 Edition


Talpa


Tal′pa

,
Noun.
[L., mole.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

Definition 2024


talpa

talpa

See also: talpă

Hungarian

Noun

talpa

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of talp

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative talpa
accusative talpát
dative talpának
instrumental talpával
causal-final talpáért
translative talpává
terminative talpáig
essive-formal talpaként
essive-modal talpául
inessive talpában
superessive talpán
adessive talpánál
illative talpába
sublative talpára
allative talpához
elative talpából
delative talpáról
ablative talpától



Italian

Etymology

From Latin talpa (mole).

Noun

talpa f (plural talpe)

  1. mole (animal or planted spy)
  2. moleskin
  3. excavator

Noun

talpa m (invariable)

  1. moleskin (colour)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kerp-, *skerp-; see also Latin scalpō, sculpō, cassus, Greek καρπός (karpós, fruit) and κείρω (keírō, to cut off), English sharp, shear.

Pronunciation

Noun

talpa f (genitive talpae); first declension

  1. mole (a burrowing animal)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative talpa talpae
genitive talpae talpārum
dative talpae talpīs
accusative talpam talpās
ablative talpā talpīs
vocative talpa talpae

Derived terms

  • talpīnus

Descendants

References


Occitan

Etymology

From Latin talpa (mole).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtalpo]

Noun

talpa m (plural talpas)

  1. mole

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

Noun

tȃlpa f (Cyrillic spelling та̑лпа)

  1. (regional) plank

Declension

Synonyms