nocturna

Catalan

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturn

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nokˈtur.na/, [nɔkˈt̪ʊrnä]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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)

Portuguese

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturno

Spanish

Adjective

nocturna

1. feminine singular of nocturno