spada
CorsicanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.
NounEdit
spada f (plural spade)
ReferencesEdit
- “spada” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
spada (plural spadas)
SynonymsEdit
IstriotEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
NounEdit
spada
- sword
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
- Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,
- I have not found a sword that would cut me,
- Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ispada (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From earlier *spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
spada f (plural spade)
SynonymsEdit
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DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- spada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
MirandeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
NounEdit
spada f (plural spadas)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
spada (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)
- Alternative form of spa
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
spada
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
spȃda f (Cyrillic spelling спа̑да)
- Alternative form of špȃda