nucha

English

Etymology

From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”),[1] borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).[2][3] Doublet of nuque.

Pronunciation

Noun

nucha (plural nuchae)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.
  2. (anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References
  1. “nucha, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. “nucha, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003.
  3. “nucha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms
  • nucra, nocra

Etymology

From either Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal marrow”) or Arabic نُقْرَة (nuqra, “hollow of the neck”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nucha f (genitive nuchae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) nape

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nucha nuchae
Genitive nuchae nuchārum
Dative nuchae nuchīs
Accusative nucham nuchās
Ablative nuchā nuchīs
Vocative nucha nuchae

Derived terms
  • nuchālis

Descendants
  • → Catalan: nuca
  • → Middle English: nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka
  • → Old French: nuche
  • → Italian: nuca
  • → Portuguese: nuca
  • → Spanish: nuca

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