tiniebra

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tenebram, accusative singular of tenebra (“darkness, gloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈnje.βɾa]

Noun

tiniebra f (plural tiniebras)

1. darkness
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r. b.

     & tẽdio moỹſen ſus m / anos & fue tiniebra en toda tŕa / de egipto.

     And so Moses lay his hand and there was darkness over the entire land of Egypt.

   • Idem, f. 71r. b.

     dare ſenales & marauillas en / los cielos. e en las tieras ſan / gre e fumo pauoro / ſo. el ſol tornara tiniebra e la / luna en ſangre […]

     I will give marvellous signs in the heavens; and on earth blood and fearsome smoke. The sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood […]

   • Idem. f. 75v. a.

     Verna el mio senor dios / e todos los ſt´os con el en ese dia no / ſera luz tiniebra obſcura ſera un / dia.

     My Lord God will come and with him all the saints. On that day there will be no light; there will be only darkness for a day.

Synonyms

• oscuridat f

Descendants

• Spanish: tiniebla, tinieblas