oscuridat
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin obscūritās, from obscūrus (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oskuɾiˈdat/
Noun
oscuridat f (usually uncountable)
- darkness, dark
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r:
- Dixo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. Tiẽt tu mano alos cielos. ⁊ ſera oſcuridat.
- [Then] Our Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness.”
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24r:
- […] ⁊ non a en ſi ninguna obſcuridat. nin otra coſa quel embargue la color.
- […] And it has within itself no darkness, nor anything else that could obscure its color.
- Idem, f. 79r.
- Piedra es que deſſeca mucho. ⁊ retiene. ⁊ tuelle la oſcuridat del uiſo.
- A stone that dries and retains a lot, and that removes darkness from eyesight.
Synonyms
- tiniebra f
Related terms
- oscuro (“dark”)
Descendants
- Spanish: oscuridad
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