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siccarizzu

Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *siccāricius. Compare Italian secchereccio. By surface analysis, siccu (“dry”) +‎ -arizzu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sik.kaˈɾit.tsu/
  • Hyphenation: sic‧ca‧rìz‧zu

Noun edit

siccarizzu m (plural siccarizzi)

  1. drought
  2. shortage (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adjective edit

siccarizzu (feminine singular siccarizza, masculine and feminine plural siccarizzi)

  1. somewhat dry

References edit

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “siccarizzu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3865
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