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[1]
  Nar generis neutrius nomen est fluuii nam de naso hęc naris huius naris dicitur plurali hęc narices
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nārīx	nārīcēs
Genitive	nārīcis	nārīcum
Dative	nārīcī	nārīcibus
Accusative	nārīcem	nārīcēs
Ablative	nārīce	nārīcibus
Vocative	nārīx	nārīcēs

Derived terms

*nārīcūtus

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: narice
- Sicilian: narici
North Italian:
- Ligurian: [naiʒa]
- Lombard: naris
- Piedmontese: naris, anaris
- Venetian: nariza
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: nariu
- Gascon: naritz, naditz
- Old Occitan: naritz
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: nariz f
- Asturian: nariz f
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: nariz m
  - Portuguese: nariz m
- Spanish: nariz f

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “nariz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 213
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*nārīca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 13

Gustav Löwe (1894) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum (in Latin), volume V, page 573

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[1] Gustav Löwe (1894) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum (in Latin), volume V, page 573