lazulum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لََازُوَرْد (laāzuward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaz.zu.lum/, [ˈɫ̪äz̪d̪͡z̪ʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlad.d͡zu.lum/, [ˈläd̪ː͡z̪ulum]

Noun

lazulum n (genitive lazulī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) heaven, sky

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lazulum	lazula
Genitive	lazulī	lazulōrum
Dative	lazulō	lazulīs
Accusative	lazulum	lazula
Ablative	lazulō	lazulīs
Vocative	lazulum	lazula

Derived terms

• lapis lazulī

Descendants

• → English: lapis lazuli
• → Italian: azzurro
• → Middle High German: lāsūr, lāzūr
  • German: Lazur
  • → Czech: lazur
  • → Polish: lazur
    • → Russian: лазу́рь (lazúrʹ)
• → Old French: azur
  • French: azur
  • → Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azure
    • English: azure
    • Scots: asure
    • → Welsh: asur
  • → Portuguese: azur
  • → Spanish: azur
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: azur
  • Galician: azul
  • Portuguese: azul
• → Old Spanish: azur
  • Spanish: azul