nocturna

nocturna

Catalan

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturn

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nokˈtur.na/, [nɔkˈt̪ʊrnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nokˈtur.na/, [nokˈt̪urnä]

Etymology 1

Noun use of the feminine form of nocturnus (“nocturnal; of the night”), derived from nox (“night”).

Noun

nocturna f (genitive nocturnae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Christianity) nocturn

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nocturna	nocturnae
Genitive	nocturnae	nocturnārum
Dative	nocturnae	nocturnīs
Accusative	nocturnam	nocturnās
Ablative	nocturnā	nocturnīs
Vocative	nocturna	nocturnae

Descendants

• → Middle English: nocturne
  • English: nocturn

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nocturna

1. inflection of nocturnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

nocturnā

1. ablative feminine singular of nocturnus

References

• nocturna 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)

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Portuguese

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturno

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Spanish

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturno