cenit

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech cěniti, from Proto-Slavic *cěniti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛɲɪt] === Verb === cenit impf to value, to prize ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ceniti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ceniti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “cenit”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz “cenit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Latin == === Alternative forms === ceniz === Etymology === From misreading earlier cemt, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from Aramaic סֵימִטָא, from Latin sēmĭta. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.nit] === Noun === cenit n (indeclinable) (Medieval Latin) (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer) For quotations using this term, see Citations:cenit. (Can we find and add a quotation of Plato Tiburtinus to this entry?) (Can we find and add a quotation of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor to this entry?) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: cenyth, cenith, senyth, cenit, cinit, senith (learned)English: zenith → Old French: cenit m (learned)Middle French: zenithFrench: zénith === Further reading === "cenith", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Paul Kunitzsch, The Arabs and the Stars: Texts and Traditions on the Fixed Stars and Their Influence in Medieval Europe, Routledge (→ISBN), 2017: Latin translators borrowed it as cemt/zemt capitis, and finally cemt/zemt was misread and miswritten, in Latin, as cenit/Zenit. == Middle English == === Noun === cenit alternative form of cenyth == Old French == === Etymology === === Noun === cenit oblique singular, m (oblique plural ceniz or cenitz, nominative singular ceniz or cenitz, nominative plural cenit) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: zenith French: zénith == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cénit, zenit zénit (uncommon) === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeˈnit/ [θeˈnit̪] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seˈnit/ [seˈnit̪] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -it Syllabification: ce‧nit === Noun === cenit m (plural cenits) zenith Synonym: auge === References === === Further reading === “cenit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cenit”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “cenit”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA