oscuridat

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• obscuridat, escuridat

Etymology

From Latin obscūritās, from obscūrus (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oskuɾiˈdat/

Noun

oscuridat f (usually uncountable)

1. darkness, dark
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r:

     Dixo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. Tiẽt tu mano alos cielos. ⁊ ſera oſcuridat.

     [Then] Our Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness.”

   • 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.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• tiniebra f

Related terms

• oscuro (“dark”)

Descendants

• Spanish: oscuridad