quisquilia

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwiˈskwi.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Hyphenation: qui‧squì‧lia

Noun

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quisquilia f (plural quisquilie)

  1. trifle, odds and ends

Latin

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Etymology

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Compare Latin cuscolium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quisquilia f (genitive quisquiliae); first declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. admixed twigs or stalks
  2. odds and ends; rubbish, dregs
  3. (in the plural) garbage, refuse, waste

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quisquilia quisquiliae
Genitive quisquiliae quisquiliārum
Dative quisquiliae quisquiliīs
Accusative quisquiliam quisquiliās
Ablative quisquiliā quisquiliīs
Vocative quisquilia quisquiliae

Descendants

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  • Sardinian: chischiza, chiscuza, cuscuza

References

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  • Bertoldi, Vittorio (1948) “Quisquiliae Ibericae”, in Romance Philology[1] (in Italian), volume 1, number 3, pages 204–207
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “frùscolo”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes