orvu
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orvu
Sicilian edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin orbus, possibly influenced by a Gallo-Italian language.
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Adjective edit
orvu (feminine singular orva, masculine and feminine plural orvi)
Noun edit
orvu m (plural orvi)
- a blind person
- 1888, Giuseppe Pitrè, Fiabe e legende popolari Siciliane, page 252:
- Cc'era 'na vota un orvu, un ciuncu e un mutu.
- Once upon a time there was a blind man, a cripple, and a mute.