tenebra
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenebra f (plural tenebre)
Usage notes[edit]
- Used especially in the plural
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenebra f (genitive tenebrae); first declension
- (in the plural) darkness, shadow, gloom, obscurity
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405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2
- terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
- And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
- terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
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- ignorance
- concealment
Usage notes[edit]
Almost always used in the plural rather than the singular.
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | tenebra | tenebrae |
genitive | tenebrae | tenebrārum |
dative | tenebrae | tenebrīs |
accusative | tenebram | tenebrās |
ablative | tenebrā | tenebrīs |
vocative | tenebra | tenebrae |
Descendants[edit]
- French: ténèbres
- English: tenebrose
- English: tenebrous
- Italian: tenebra
- Portuguese: treva, tênebra
- Romanian: tenebră (borrowing)
- Spanish: tiniebla