cirèsthrinu
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Sassarese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Old Italian cilestrino, derived from cilestro (which likely influenced the change in stress position).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cirèsthrinu (feminine singular cirèsthrina, masculine and feminine plural cirèsthrini)
- azure, sky blue
- 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Sóru sóru a Santu Prédu [All alone in Saint Peter]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 179:
- Un’arietta frèsca,
lu zéru cirèsthrinu
cun calchi nui andèndi- A fresh breeze, the azure sky with a few moving clouds
References[edit]
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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- Sassarese terms derived from Classical Latin
- Sassarese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Sassarese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Sassarese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sassarese lemmas
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