tenebra
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tenebra.
Noun
tenebra f (plural tenebre)
Usage notes
- Used especially in the plural
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Arose by dissimilation from earlier *temebrai, arisen from Proto-Italic *temasro, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-s-ro (“dark”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); cognate with Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra), Avestan 𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (tąθra), Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾr /tār/, “darkness”) and Ossetian тар (tar).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ne.bra/, [ˈt̪ɛnɛbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ne.bra/, [ˈt̪ɛːnebrä]
Noun
tenebra f (genitive tenebrae); first declension
Usage notes
Almost always used in the plural rather than the singular.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tenebra | tenebrae |
Genitive | tenebrae | tenebrārum |
Dative | tenebrae | tenebrīs |
Accusative | tenebram | tenebrās |
Ablative | tenebrā | tenebrīs |
Vocative | tenebra | tenebrae |
Descendants
- French: ténèbres
- → Romanian: tenebră
- English: tenebrose, tenebrous
- Galician: tebras
- Italian: tenebra
- Portuguese: treva, tênebra
- Spanish: tiniebla
References
- tenebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- tenebra in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tenebrae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
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