See also: Spada, spadă, späda, спада, and špada

CorsicanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.

NounEdit

spada f (plural spade)

  1. sword

ReferencesEdit

  • spada” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

spada (plural spadas)

  1. sword

SynonymsEdit

IstriotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

NounEdit

spada

  1. 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,

ItalianEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈspa.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: spà‧da

NounEdit

spada f (plural spade)

  1. sword
  2. (fencing) épée
  3. (heraldry) sword
  4. (in the plural) spades

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Polish: szpada
    • Russian: шпага (špaga)
      • Romanian: șpagă

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)

  1. sword

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

spada (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)

  1. Alternative form of spa

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈspa.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: spa‧da

VerbEdit

spada

  1. third-person singular present of spadać

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /spâːda/
  • Hyphenation: spȃ‧da

NounEdit

spȃda f (Cyrillic spelling спа̑да)

  1. Alternative form of špȃda

DeclensionEdit