lucerna

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See also: Lucerna, lucèrna, lucernă, lucerną, and Lucerną

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lucerna, from Latin lucerna.

Pronunciation

Noun

lucerna f

  1. lantern
    Synonym: svítilna

Declension

Declension of lucerna (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative lucerna lucerny
genitive lucerny luceren
dative lucerně lucernám
accusative lucernu lucerny
vocative lucerno lucerny
locative lucerně lucernách
instrumental lucernou lucernami

Further reading

  • lucerna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lucerna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • lucerna in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician

Etymology

From Latin lucerna (“lamp”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /luˈθɛɾna/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /luˈsɛɾna/

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾna
  • Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

  1. firefly; glowworm
    Synonyms: vagalume, lucecú, lurcucú, verme canteiro, lucerga
  2. grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae

References

  • “lucerna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Hungarian

 lucerna on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luzerne, from Latin lucerna (“an oil lamp”), from lux (“light”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lucerna (plural lucernák)

  1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)
  2. alfalfa, lucerne (any plant in the genus Medicago)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lucerna lucernák
accusative lucernát lucernákat
dative lucernának lucernáknak
instrumental lucernával lucernákkal
causal-final lucernáért lucernákért
translative lucernává lucernákká
terminative lucernáig lucernákig
essive-formal lucernaként lucernákként
essive-modal — —
inessive lucernában lucernákban
superessive lucernán lucernákon
adessive lucernánál lucernáknál
illative lucernába lucernákba
sublative lucernára lucernákra
allative lucernához lucernákhoz
elative lucernából lucernákból
delative lucernáról lucernákról
ablative lucernától lucernáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		lucernáé lucernáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lucernáéi lucernákéi
Possessive forms of lucerna
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lucernám lucernáim
2nd person sing. lucernád lucernáid
3rd person sing. lucernája lucernái
1st person plural lucernánk lucernáink
2nd person plural lucernátok lucernáitok
3rd person plural lucernájuk lucernáik

References

  1. ^ lucerna in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ lucerna in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • lucerna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lucerna.

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucerne)

  1. oil lamp

Related terms

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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lucerna (an oil lamp)

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine, be a light”). The suffix -erna, found also in lanterna, is of disputed origin, though resembles suffixes in Etruscan; compare also Latin -urnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lucerna f (genitive lucernae); first declension

  1. a lamp, an oil lamp
    • 4th-century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, Proverbia 24:20:
      quoniam nōn habent futūrōrum spem malī et lucerna impiōrum extinguētur
      For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
      (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lucerna lucernae
Genitive lucernae lucernārum
Dative lucernae lucernīs
Accusative lucernam lucernās
Ablative lucernā lucernīs
Vocative lucerna lucernae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “lucerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lucerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lucerna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lucerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lucerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lucerna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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lucerna

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luzerne. Doublet of lukarna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈt͡sɛr.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrna
  • Syllabification: lu‧cer‧na
  • Homophone: Lucerna

Noun

lucerna f

  1. alfalfa, burclover, lucerne, medick (any plant of the genus Medicago)
  2. alfalfa, burclover, lucerne, medick (flower)

Declension

Declension of lucerna
singular plural
nominative lucerna lucerny
genitive lucerny lucern
dative lucernie lucernom
accusative lucernę lucerny
instrumental lucerną lucernami
locative lucernie lucernach
vocative lucerno lucerny

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • lucerna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lucerna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucerna.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

  1. Alternative form of luzerna

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucerna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /luˈθeɾna/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /luˈseɾna/
  • Rhymes: -eɾna
  • Syllabification: lu‧cer‧na

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

  1. a type of old Latin oil lamp

Further reading

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