nieddu
See also: Nieddu
Gallurese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin nigellus.
Adjective edit
nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine and feminine plural nieddi)
Noun edit
nieddu m (plural nieddi)
- (uncountable) black (color)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1574: “nero; nera; neri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin nigellus.
Adjective edit
nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine plural nieddos, feminine plural nieddas) (LSC, Campidanese, Logudorese)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1574: “nero; nera; neri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “niǥéḍḍu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Sassarese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin nigellus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine and feminine plural nieddi)
- black
- 1866, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew][1] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 36, page 16:
- Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.
- And you will not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
- c. 19th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect][2], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 158:
- Sia lu me’ colpu viltiddu
D’un sumbreri pampanuddu
Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu
Mannu cant’un caniltreddu- May my body be clothed with a fancy hat, half white and half black, as big as a basket
- 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Don Paschuari nósthru si lamènta [Our Don Pasquale complains]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 194:
- La mòscha virinòsa,
la ruia, la bïanca e la nïédda,
è trabanèndi finza lu zaibéddu,
di tant’iscillaradi.- The venomous fly, the red [one], the white [one], and the black [one], is penetrating even in the brain of many wicked ones.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [Upon the table]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:
- […] È nieddu che la notti
lu me’ pientu ma cuaddu si rimani
a l’althri e a me matessi.- My crying is as black as night, but it remains hidden to others and myself.
Noun edit
nieddu m (plural nieddi)
- (uncountable) black (color)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1574: “nero; nera; neri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “nero”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes