tenebra

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tenebra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [təˈne.βɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [təˈne.bɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [teˈne.bɾa] === Noun === tenebra f (plural tenebres) profound darkness (in the plural, Christianity) Tenebrae (Holy Week religious service) ==== Usage notes ==== Used especially in the plural === Further reading === “tenebra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tenebra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin tenebra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ne.bra/ Rhymes: -ɛnebra Hyphenation: tè‧ne‧bra === Noun === tenebra f (plural tenebre) (usually in the plural) darkness, gloom, night === References === === Anagrams === nerbate == 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”), Ossetian тар (tar), and Old Church Slavonic тьмьнъ (tĭmĭnŭ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.nɛ.bra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ne.bra] === Noun === tenebra f (genitive tenebrae); first declension singular of tenebrae (“darkness, shadow; ignorance; concealment”) ==== Usage notes ==== See tenebrae. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “tenebra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. tenebra in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (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