labina

Latin

Etymology

From Latin lābēs.

Noun

lābīna f (genitive lābīnae); first declension

a slippery place
landslide

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lābīna	lābīnae
genitive	lābīnae	lābīnārum
dative	lābīnae	lābīnīs
accusative	lābīnam	lābīnās
ablative	lābīnā	lābīnīs
vocative	lābīna	lābīnae

Derived terms

(Vulgar Latin) labanca

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: lavino, lavençhe, avalençhe
- French: avalanche
  - English: avalanche
German: Lawine
Italian: valanga, slavina, lavina
Occitan: lavanca, avalanca
Romansch: lavina

References

labina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
labina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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