lucerna

lucerna

See also: Lucerna

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlut͡sɛrna]

Noun

lucerna f

1. lantern

Further reading

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luzerne, from Latin lucerna (“an oil lamp”), from lux (“light”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlut͡sɛrnɒ]
• Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lucerna.

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucerne)

1. oil lamp

Related terms

• lucernata

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Latin

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈker.na/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkɛrnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃer.na/, [luˈt͡ʃɛrnä]

Noun

lucerna f (genitive lucernae); first declension

1. a lamp, an oil lamp
   • 4th-century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, 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

• (lamp): lanterna

Derived terms

• lucernāria
• lucernāris
• lucernārium
• lucernārius
• lucernātus
• lucernula

 

Related terms

• lūcēns
• lūceō
• lūcēscō

 

Descendants

• Albanian: luqerë
• Catalan: lluerna
• Czech: lucerna
• Middle Dutch: lucerne
• Esperanto: lucerno
• Old French: lucerne
• → German: Luzerne
  • → Hungarian: lucerna
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 (lukarn)
• Italian: lucerna
• Occitan: luzerno, lusèrna
  • → French: luzerne
    • → English: lucerne
    • → Dutch: luzerne
• Old Portuguese: luzerna
  • Portuguese: luzerna, lucerna
• Romanian: lucernă
• Russian: люце́рна (ljucérna)
• Serbo-Croatian: лукијѐрна̄р / lukijèrnār
• Spanish: lucerna, luciérnaga

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luzerne, from French luzerne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈt͡sɛr.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Syllabification: lu‧cer‧na

Noun

lucerna f

1. alfalfa, lucerne (any plant of the genus Medicago)

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

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucerna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛʁ.nɐ/ [luˈsɛɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛʁ.nɐ/ [luˈsɛɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛʁ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛɻ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈsɛɾ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

1. Alternative form of luzerna

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucerna. Doublet of luciérnaga.

Noun

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

1. A type of old Latin oil lamp

Further reading

• “lucerna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014