madavèscul
Romagnol edit
Alternative forms edit
- madavèscol (Central Romagna)
Etymology edit
From either Ancient Greek μαδαίος (madaíos) or μαδαρός (madarós, “wet”) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”). The second definition is from Latin malva + ibiscum (“Althaea officinalis”) and was influenced by the former one.
Noun edit
madavèscul m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)
- earthworm
- Only used in radiṣ d madavèscul
References edit
- Ponseggi, Franco (2016) Lèžar e scrìvar in Rumagnôl [Write and read in the Romagnol language] (in Italian), Rome: Youcanprint Self-Publishing, page 212