sivdad
Ladino
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish cibdat, from Latin cīvitātem. Compare Modern Spanish ciudad.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsivdad f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סיב'דאד, plural sivdades)
- city
- 2000, David Altabé, “Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi”, in Esther Benbassa, editor, Les Sépharades en littérature, page 164:
- Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi,
i pensar en las sivdades ke deshi,
las glories del pasado ke pedri,
i la soledad en ke me kayi- There is something sad in being Sefardi
and thinking of the cities that I've abandoned,
the glories of the past that I've lost
and the loneliness into which I've fallen
- There is something sad in being Sefardi
- 2019 February 27, Metin DELEVİ, “El Samuray ke salvo a miles de djudios de los nazis”, in Şalom[1]:
- En el pantheon de los eros durante la Shoah se topa Chiune Sugihara, ke era konsul jeneral de la Japonya en la sivdad Kaunas de la Litvanya.
- In the pantheon of heroes during the Shoah you'll find Chiune Sugihara, who was consul general of Japan in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania.