abbàddiga

Sassarese

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Sardinian. Compare Logudorese abbàdiga (“a part of a garden reserved for growing melons”), from Classical Latin aquātica (“water (attributive), aquatic”).

Pronunciation

• (Castelsardo, Sedini) IPA^(key): /abˈbaddiɡa/

Noun

abbàddiga f (plural abbàddighi) (dialectal)

1. (uncountable) thirst (sensation)

   Synonym: seddi

2. thirst (condition)

   Synonym: seddi

References

• Mauro Maxia (2014) “abbáddiga”, in Piccolo dizionario castellanese e sedinese‎^[1] (in Sassarese), page 8