narix

== Latin == === Etymology === From a reinterpretation of *nārīcae pl as nārīcem sg, these being homophones. Attested in the ninth-century manuscript quoted below (where, being in a glossary, it may represent recycled older material). === Noun === nārīx f (genitive nārīcis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin) nostril “Nar” in Excerpta ex codice Cassinensi 402 ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== *nārīcūtus ==== Descendants ==== === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “nariz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 213 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*nārīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 13