arca

arc--a Vorlage:lat. eigtl. ‘Verschluß’; ‘Behältnis zum Verschließen, Kasten, Kiste, (Toten)lade’,

Alternative forms

• archa (Medieval Latin, common)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]

Noun

arca f (genitive arcae); first declension

1. chest, box, coffer, safe (safe place for storing items, or anything of a similar shape)
2. coffin (box for the dead)
3. ark (kind of ship)
   1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Noah's Ark
4. (Judaism) Ark of the Covenant

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arca	arcae
Genitive	arcae	arcārum
Dative	arcae	arcīs
Accusative	arcam	arcās
Ablative	arcā	arcīs
Vocative	arca	arcae