Noun: cisterna
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | cisterna |
| Plural f | cisternas |
Sample Sentences
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Outrosy mandamos que o dicto Martin Bezerra et sua moller nen sua voz nen outro algun non posan fazer poço nen sacar agoa nen fazer algibe nen çistrenna nen otra cousa semellante para teer agoa por maneyra de bastimento dentro en a dicta casa noua nen arredor dela trijnta couedos. (Also, we command that neither the aforementioned Martin Becerra, nor his wife, nor their successors, nor anyone, could make a well, or extract water, or make a reservoir, or a cistern, or any other such thing for having water as a utility inside the mentioned new house, nor around it for thirty cubits.) [1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:]
Nouns inflected like cisterna
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). See: Latin Nouns '
cisterna', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κίστη'.
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