oscuridat
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- obscuridat, escuridat
Etymology
From Latin obscūritās, from obscūrus (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [os.ku.ɾiˈðat], [-ˈðað]
Noun
oscuridat f (usually uncountable)
- darkness, dark
- 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.
- […] ¬ non a en ſi ninguna obſcuridat. nin otra coſa quel embargue la 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.
- Piedra es que deſſeca mucho. ¬ retiene. ¬ tuelle la oſcuridat del uiſo.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 24r.
Related terms
- oscuro (“dark”)
Descendants
- Spanish: oscuridad (in part, see also escuridat)