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cisterna

See also: cisternă

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cisterna.

Noun edit

cisterna (plural cisternae)

  1. (biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisternes)

  1. cistern
  2. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)

Further reading edit

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

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Noun edit

cisterna f

  1. tank (closed container)

Declension edit

Declension of cisterna (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative cisterna cisterny
genitive cisterny cisteren
dative cisterně cisternám
accusative cisternu cisterny
vocative cisterno cisterny
locative cisterně cisternách
instrumental cisternou cisternami

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Further reading edit

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

Galician edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).

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Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern
    Synonym: alxibe
    • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:
      Outrosy mandamos que o dicto Martin Bezerra et sua moller nen sua voz nen outro algun non posan fazer poço nen sacar agoa nen fazer algibe nen çistrenna nen otra cousa semellante para teer agoa por maneyra de bastimento dentro en a dicta casa noua nen arredor dela trijnta couedos.
      Also, we command that neither the aforementioned Martin Becerra, nor his wife, nor their successors, nor anyone, could make a well, or extract water, or make a reservoir, or a cistern, or any other such thing for having water as a utility inside the mentioned new house, nor around it for thirty cubits.

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References edit

  • “cisterna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cistrena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cisterna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cisterna” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cisterna.

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Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisterne)

  1. tank (for liquid)
  2. cistern

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”).[1]

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Noun edit

cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension

  1. cistern, tank (for water), reservoir
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.5.15:
      bibe aquam dē cisternā tuā et fluenta puteī tuī
      Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cisterna cisternae
Genitive cisternae cisternārum
Dative cisternae cisternīs
Accusative cisternam cisternās
Ablative cisternā cisternīs
Vocative cisterna cisternae

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίστη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 705
  • “cisterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cisterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cisterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cisterna (“cistern, tank”), from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”).

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Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern, well
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:
      vino ruben ala ciſterna. E nõ ẏuẏo aioſeph. e rõpio ſos ueſtidos cõ peſar q̃ ouo. E dẏxo nõ ẏes. yo do ẏre.
      Reuben came to the cistern and did not see Joseph there, and he tore his clothes over the sorrow he felt, and he said, “He is not there! Where shall I go?”

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 cisterna on Portuguese Wikipedia
 
cisterna

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”).

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern
    Synonyms: (Portugal) algibe, (Brazil) aljibe

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cisterna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sǐsteːrna/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ter‧na

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cìstērna f (Cyrillic spelling цѝсте̄рна)

  1. cistern
  2. tank(er) lorry, tank truck

Declension edit

Declension of cisterna
singular plural
nominative cìstērna cisterne
genitive cisterne cìstērnā/cìstērnī
dative cisterni cisternama
accusative cisternu cisterne
vocative cisterno cisterne
locative cisterni cisternama
instrumental cisternom cisternama

References edit

  • “cisterna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish cisterna, from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θisˈteɾna/ [θisˈt̪eɾ.na]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /sisˈteɾna/ [sisˈt̪eɾ.na]
  • Rhymes: -eɾna
  • Syllabification: cis‧ter‧na

Noun edit

cisterna f (plural cisternas)

  1. cistern
    Synonyms: aljibe, pozo

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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