

Italian: crepuscolo (it) m, tramonto (it) m.Irish: coineascar m, clapsholas (ga) m, titim na hoíche f.


A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.( verb ) : From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian.ĭusk ( countable and uncountable, plural dusks).), from Old English dox ( “ dark, swarthy ” ), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz ( “ dark, smoky ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂s- (compare Old Irish donn ( “ dark ” ), Latin fuscus ( “ dark, dusky ” ), Sanskrit धूसर ( dhūsara, “ dust-colored ” )), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ( “ smoke, mist, haze ” ). ( adjective ) : From Middle English dosk, duske ( “ dusky ”, adj.
