LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

scindula

scindula f (genitive scindulae)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfeminineshingle

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescindulascindulae
genitivescindulaescindulārum
dativescindulaescindulīs
accusativescindulamscindulās
ablativescindulāscindulīs
vocativescindulascindulae

scindŭla, ae, f. scindo,
I. a split piece of wood, a shingle; later form of scandula, q. v.

Origins

Alteration of Classical scandula. Attested from the fourth century CE onwards.

Borrowings
  • Italianscindula
  • Irishslinnfrom Old Irish slind
  • Bretonsklent
  • Proto-West Germanic*skindulā
Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençaléfonla
  • Franco-Provençaléfênla
  • Bourguignonaissantefrom Old French essende
  • Franc-Comtoisèchandrefrom Old French essende
  • Franc-Comtoisachandrefrom Old French essende
  • Franc-Comtoiséchannefrom Old French essende
  • Galloessanyefrom Old French essende
  • Lorrainessandrefrom Old French essende
  • Lorrainechodrefrom Old French essende
  • Lorrainehontefrom Old French essende

In English words that came into English from scindula

  • shinglescindula

Quick answers

What does scindula mean in Latin?
scindula, a noun, means “shingle”.
What is the genitive of scindula?
The genitive singular is scindulae. scindula is feminine, first declension.