Latin edit

Etymology edit

From a pre-Roman substrate language *sard, *shard, connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana Sea People.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sardus (feminine sarda, neuter sardum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Sardinian

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sardus sarda sardum sardī sardae sarda
Genitive sardī sardae sardī sardōrum sardārum sardōrum
Dative sardō sardō sardīs
Accusative sardum sardam sardum sardōs sardās sarda
Ablative sardō sardā sardō sardīs
Vocative sarde sarda sardum sardī sardae sarda

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: sard
  • French: sarde
  • Galician: sardo
  • Italian: sardo
  • Romanian: sard
  • Portuguese: sardo
  • Sardinian: Sardu
  • Sicilian: sardu
  • Spanish: sardo

References edit

  • sardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.