nimbus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nimbus (plural nimbi or nimbuses)
- A circle of light; a halo.
- A gray rain cloud.
Usage notes edit
- (circle of light): In heraldry and art, a nimbus may be considered distinct from a halo. The term halo can refer to an open ring of light or of gold behind the head of a saint, while nimbus refers to a solid disk of light or gold.
Synonyms edit
- (circle of light): halo
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe.
Noun edit
nimbus m (invariable)
- nimbus (cloud)
Further reading edit
- “nimbus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nimbus
- Synonym of sadepilvi (“nimbus”)
Declension edit
Inflection of nimbus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | ||
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | ||
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | ||
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nimbus | nimbukset | ||
accusative | nom. | nimbus | nimbukset | |
gen. | nimbuksen | |||
genitive | nimbuksen | nimbusten nimbuksien | ||
partitive | nimbusta | nimbuksia | ||
inessive | nimbuksessa | nimbuksissa | ||
elative | nimbuksesta | nimbuksista | ||
illative | nimbukseen | nimbuksiin | ||
adessive | nimbuksella | nimbuksilla | ||
ablative | nimbukselta | nimbuksilta | ||
allative | nimbukselle | nimbuksille | ||
essive | nimbuksena | nimbuksina | ||
translative | nimbukseksi | nimbuksiksi | ||
abessive | nimbuksetta | nimbuksitta | ||
instructive | — | nimbuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”) with an *-n- infix, but the formal details are disputed.[1] Possibly contaminated either by a zero-grade variant *imbus or by the related word imber (“rain”), if not borrowed from another Indo-European language. Cognates include Latin nebula, Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”) and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnɪmbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnim.bus/, [ˈnimbus]
Noun edit
nimbus m (genitive nimbī); second declension
- rainstorm, rain shower
- rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud
- cloud
- halo (visible aura of divine power)
- throng
- (figuratively) calamity, tempest
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nimbus | nimbī |
Genitive | nimbī | nimbōrum |
Dative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Accusative | nimbum | nimbōs |
Ablative | nimbō | nimbīs |
Vocative | nimbe | nimbī |
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nimbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
- “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nimbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nimbus 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)
- nimbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nimbus m inan
- nimbus (rain cloud)
- (archaic, art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nimbus m (plural nimbuși)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) nimbus | nimbusul | (niște) nimbuși | nimbușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) nimbus | nimbusului | (unor) nimbuși | nimbușilor |
vocative | nimbusule | nimbușilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
nimbus m (Cyrillic spelling нимбус)