Noun: cisterna
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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vino ruben ala ciſterna. E nõ ẏuẏo aioſeph. e rõpio ſos ueſtidos cõ peſar q̃ ouo. E dẏxo nõ ẏes. yo do ẏre. (Reuben came to the cistern and did not see Joseph there, and he tore his clothes over the sorrow he felt, and he said, “He is not there! Where shall I go?”) [c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:]
Nouns inflected like cisterna
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin cisterna (“cistern, tank”), from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box, chest”). See: Latin Nouns '
cisterna', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κίστη'.
Verbs referencing "cisterna"
Spanish Nouns
cisterna.
Translations