stagghiari

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly s- (“to cut”) +‎ tagghiari. Compare Italian stagliare (“to cut roughly”).

Verb

stagghiari (past participle stagghiatu)

1. (intransitive) to stagnate (to cease one's flow)
2. (transitive) to stanch (to stop the flow); to stop, interrupt, delay

   stagghiari lu parrari ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   stagghiari li passi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   1. (Christianity) to commence the canonical hours with a toll of the bell

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “stagghiari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4035
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “stagghiari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, page 104