nounfirst declension
alba spīna
alba spīna f (genitive albae spīnae)
Meaning
- hawthorn
Origins
From alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Attested in Late Latin glosses, but also found, in the opposite order spīna alba, as early as Pliny.
Masculine forms
- Catalanalbespí
- Frenchaubépinfrom Old French aube espin
- Occitanalbespinfrom Old Occitan albespi
- Occitanaubespinfrom Old Occitan albespi
- Portugueseespinheiro-alvar
- Spanishespino albar
- Franco-Provençalarbèpin
Feminine forms
- Frenchaubépinefrom Old French albe spine
- Occitanaubespinafrom Old French albe spine
- Occitanobepinafrom Old French albe spine
- Franco-Provençalobepina
- Franco-Provençalobepna
- Franco-Provençalorbepena
- Franco-Provençalobepena
- Picardaubépénefrom Old French albe spine
- Picardeubépinefrom Old French albe spine
- Picardoblèpinefrom Old French albe spine