sagru

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sicilian sagru.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsaːɡ.ru/

Adjective edit

sagru (feminine singular sagra, plural sagri)

sacred, holy
Synonym: mqaddes

Related terms edit

sagrosant

Sicilian edit

Alternative forms edit

sacru

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin sacer, sacrum. Compare Italian sacro.

Adjective edit

sagru (feminine singular sagra, masculine and feminine plural sagri)

sacred, holy
Synonyms: santu, binidittu

Descendants edit

→ Maltese: sagru

References edit

Traina, Antonino (1868) “sagru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3542
Pasqualino (c. 1790) “sagru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 317

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