cirèsthrinu
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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