lisca

See also: lišća

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Germanic, or either from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliskɐ]

Noun

lisca f (plural liscas)

1. chip; splinter; shaving

   Synonyms: labra, lasca, para

References

• “lisca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lisca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lisca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

lisca

1. inflection of liscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin līsca, possibly from a Germanic source; see French laîche. Compare German Liesch, Luxembourgish Lëtsch (“reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ska/
• Rhymes: -iska
• Hyphenation: lì‧sca

Noun

lisca f (plural lische)

1. fishbone (individual, or the complete spine)
2. (textiles) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp

Further reading

• lisca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lasci, salci, scali