furca

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin furca (“two-pronged fork”) === Noun === furca (plural furca or furcae) (zoology) A forked structure, a fork-like part. == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === furca m (genitive singular furca, nominative plural furcaí) wrinkle, pucker, fold ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “furca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “furca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm == Latin == === Etymology === Of uncertain origin. In its primary sense of "fork", furca appears to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-, *ǵʰerg(ʷ)- (“fork”), although the development of the -c- is difficult to explain. In the other senses, this derivation is unlikely. For those, perhaps it is connected to Proto-Germanic *furkaz, *firkalaz (“stake, stick, pole, post”), from Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“pole, post”). If so, this would relate the word to Old English forclas pl (“bolt”), Old Saxon ferkal (“lock, bolt, bar”), Old Norse forkr (“pole, staff, stick”), Norwegian fork (“stick, bat”), Swedish fork (“pole”). Compare also Lithuanian žer̃gti (“to spread the legs”), ži̇̀rklės (“scissors”), though the mismatch of the vowels between the Lithuanian and Latin forms is hard to explain. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊr.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfur.ka] === Noun === furca f (genitive furcae); first declension A two-pronged fork, pitchfork. A fork-shaped prop, pole or stake. An instrument of punishment, a frame in the form of a fork, which was placed on a culprit's neck, while his hands were fastened to the two ends; yoke. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === === References === “furca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “furca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "furca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “furca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “furca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “furca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Sicilian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin furca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuɾ.ka/, [ˈfuɾ.ka], [ˈfuk-] Rhymes: -urca Hyphenation: fùr‧ca === Noun === furca f (plural furchi) (tool, agriculture) fork (instrument used in agriculture and gardening) (tool) fork pitchfork Synonyms: furcuni, tridenti ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also ===