somnolentia

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Latin

Alternative forms

somnulentia

Etymology

Derived from somnus (“sleep”).
By surface analysis, somnolent(us) (“sleepy, drowsy”) +‎ -ia (nominal derivative suffix).

Pronunciation

somnolentia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.ti.a/,
somnolentia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.t͡si.a/,
somnolentiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.ti.aː/,
somnolentiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.t͡si.a/,

Noun

somnolentia f (genitive somnolentiae); first declension

(Late Latin) sleepiness, drowsiness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	somnolentia	somnolentiae
genitive	somnolentiae	somnolentiārum
dative	somnolentiae	somnolentiīs
accusative	somnolentiam	somnolentiās
ablative	somnolentiā	somnolentiīs
vocative	somnolentia	somnolentiae

Descendants

Inherited:
- Italian: sonnolenza
Borrowed:
- → Catalan: somnolència
- → French: somnolence
  - → English: somnolence
    - → Finnish: somnolenssi
  - → Romanian: somnolență
- → German: Somnolenz
- → Portuguese: sonolência
- → Spanish: soñolencia, somnolencia

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