cibdat

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• çibdad, cipdad, cipdat

Etymology

From Latin cīvitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sibˈdat/

Noun

cibdat f (plural cibdades)

1. city, town
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a:

     eſtos angeles c q̃ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuãtos cõtra ellõ.

     [Estos angeles con que fabló Abraam vinieron a Sodoma, e Loth sedía a la puerta de la cibdat. E vio-los e levantó-s contra ellos.]

     These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting by the city gate. And he saw them and got up to meet them.

   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3r. a.:

     Tomo eleazar .x. camellos. / de la meioria de ſo ſéẽnor. efue / arrama araim cibdat de na / cor.

     Eliezer took ten of his master's best camels and made for Aram-Naharaim to the city of Nahor.

Descendants

• Ladino: sivdad
• Spanish: ciudad (see there for further descendants)