solombra

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese solombra, ultimately from Latin umbra, through an intermediate Vulgar Latin form. Compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra; cf. Old Spanish solombra, possibly from a Latin sub illa umbra. Compare also Ladino solombra, Mirandese selombra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈlombɾa/ [soˈlõm.bɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ombɾa
  • Syllabification: so‧lom‧bra

Noun

solombra f (plural solombres)

  1. shade, shadow

Old Leonese

Etymology

Possibly from a Latin sub illa umbra. Found in a document in Spanish with heavy Leonese influence dating to the 15th century.[1]

Noun

solombra f

  1. shadow
    • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      texo [...] su solombra es empecible, a los que duermen diuso d’ella mortal
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: solombra, selombra
  • Leonese: solombra, selombra, sulombra
  • Mirandese: selombra

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62
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