cinis
See also: -cinis
Latin
Alternative forms
- cinus (uncommon)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”). Akin to Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”), Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.nis/, [ˈkɪ.nɪs]
Noun
cinis m or f (genitive cineris); third declension
Usage notes
The word cinis is used for cold, heavy ashes, while favilla is used for glowing, light ashes.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cinis | cinerēs |
| Genitive | cineris | cinerum |
| Dative | cinerī | cineribus |
| Accusative | cinerem | cinerēs |
| Ablative | cinere | cineribus |
| Vocative | cinis | cinerēs |
Related terms
- cinefactus
- cinerāceus
- cinerārius
- cinerescō
- cinereus
- cinericius
- cinerōsus
- concinerātus
- dēcinerātus
- dēcinerescō
- succinerīcius
Descendants
- Aromanian: cinushe, tsinushã
- Asturian: ceniza
- Catalan: cendra
- Corsican: cianugia
- Dalmatian: canaisa
- Franco-Provençal: cindra
- French: cendre
- Friulian: cinise
- Galician: cinza, cinsa
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: sinsa
- Italian: cenere, cinigia
- Kabuverdianu: sinza
- Norman: chendre
- Occitan: cendre
- Old Portuguese: cĩisa
- Papiamentu: shinishi
- Piedmontese sënner
- Portuguese: cinza
- Romanian: cenușă
- Romansch: tschendra
- Sardinian: chigina, chisina
- Sicilian: cìnniri
- Spanish: ceniza
- Venetian: sènare, sènere
- Walloon: cinde
See also
References
- cinis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cinis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cinis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Volapük
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