somnolentia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from somnus (“sleep”).
By surface analysis, somnolent(us) (“sleepy, drowsy”) + -ia (nominal derivative suffix).
Pronunciation
- somnolentia: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.ti.a]
- somnolentia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [som.noˈlɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
- somnolentiā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.ti.aː]
- somnolentiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [som.noˈlɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
somnolentia f (genitive somnolentiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | somnolentia | somnolentiae |
| genitive | somnolentiae | somnolentiārum |
| dative | somnolentiae | somnolentiīs |
| accusative | somnolentiam | somnolentiās |
| ablative | somnolentiā | somnolentiīs |
| vocative | somnolentia | somnolentiae |
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Italian: sonnolenza
- Borrowed:
- → Catalan: somnolència
- → French: somnolence
- → English: somnolence
- → Finnish: somnolenssi
- → Romanian: somnolență
- → English: somnolence
- → German: Somnolenz
- → Portuguese: sonolência
- → Spanish: soñolencia, somnolencia