gazza

See also: Gazza

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Old High German agaza (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, French agace, and possibly Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -addza
• Hyphenation: gàz‧za

Noun

gazza f (plural gazze)

1. magpie

Derived terms

• gazza marina

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këncë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkadːd͡za/

Noun

gazza

1. fingernail
2. claw, talon

Inflection

Even a-stem, zz-cc gradation
Nominative	gazza
Genitive	gacca
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gazza	gaccat
Accusative	gacca	gaccaid
Genitive	gacca	gaccaid
Illative	gazzii	gaccaide
Locative	gaccas	gaccain
Comitative	gaccain	gaccaiguin
Essive	gazzan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gazzan gazzame gazzamet 2nd person gazzat gazzade gazzadet 3rd person gazzas gazzaska gazzaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ, whence also Old Norse gata, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).

Noun

gazza f

1. lane

Descendants

• Middle High German: gazze
  • Central Franconian: Jass, Jaas (western Ripuarian); Gass (eastern Moselle Franconian); Gaß (western Moselle Franconian)
  • Bavarian: Gåssn
  • German: Gasse
  • Luxembourgish: Gaass
  • Yiddish: גאַס (gas)
  • → Middle Low German: gatze, gadtze, gasse
    • Plautdietsch: Gauss
  • → Middle Dutch: gasse
    • Dutch: gas
  • → Slovene: gȃsa