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umbra.

shade; ghost; shadow;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈʊm.bra]Classical-Latin[ˈum.bra]

  1. shadow

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. shadow shade, shady place, shadowy place

    broadly · declension-1 · feminine · figuratively

  3. shade, ghost, phantom, apparition

    declension-1 · feminine

  4. the realm of shades, the shades, the world below or underworld

    declension-1 · feminine · plural

  5. imperfect copy or representation of something, pretence, faint appearance

    declension-1 · feminine

  6. shelter, cover

    declension-1 · feminine

  7. leisure, rest

    declension-1 · feminine

  8. drumfish

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Generally connected with Lithuanian unksna (“shade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wnksrā-. This term is tentatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *(H)wenk- (“to bend”); however, the semantic leaps required to go from "bend" to "shade" are large and unlikely. Alternatively, if from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-; related to Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark”), Luwian 𒈠𒅈𒉿𒄿𒀀 (“rot”), and 𒈠𒊒𒉿𒄿 (“rotten”) (also see Hittite Maraššantiya, their name for the Kızılırmak River), and this Indo-European source is said to be a possible borrowing from a Semitic root *ḥ-m-r (“be red”), compare Arabic ح م ر (ḥ m r).

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