infierno
Istriot
editEtymology
editFrom Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”). Compare Dalmatian infiarn.
Noun
editinfierno m
- hell
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
- Là drento xì l’infierno naturale.
- But inside it is natural hell.
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin īnfernum; attested from 1140.[1] Regarding the phonetics (Latin in normally becomes en in Spanish), the word was perhaps influenced or reinforced by the Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation. There were similar developments in other Romance languages.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editinfierno m (plural infiernos)
- (biblical) Sheol, the Hebrew term for the underworld; hell.
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r. a.
- e dẏxo decẽdre / al infierno dolorioſo ſo por mẏo / fijo.
- And he said: "I shall descend to hell unto my son in mourning."
- Idem, 8r.
- e ſi perdiere a beniamin deſcen / dre en mi ueieza enel ĩfierno. e / plorar lo he ẏ.
- And should I lose Benjamin I will descend to hell, in my old age, and I shall mourn him there.
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r. a.
Descendants
editReferences
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish infierno, from Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”), based on īnferus (“low”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /inˈfjeɾno/ [ĩɱˈfjeɾ.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: in‧fier‧no
Noun
editinfierno m (plural infiernos)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “infierno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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