verdhi
Sassarese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, derived from vireō. Cognate with Sardinian birde and Gallurese veldi.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
verdhi (invariable)
- green (having a green colour)
- 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:
- Vèrdhi e rànziga che féri,
à lu córi creba creba;
si cridia parch'era ricca
di pudemmi bè imbischà- Green and bitter as bile, her heart is dying of anger; she thought, because she was rich, that she could well capture me
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:
- Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori
diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba
ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.- About the native town, in her delicate heart, a mother remembered it was as green and flowery as a garden.
Noun edit
verdhi m (invariable)
- green (colour)
- greenery
- 1956, Salvator Ruju, “L’ipìgura [Lavender]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 118:
- La tèrra, in dugna càbura, un incantu
di vèrdhi e fiòri.
Rusì, e tu cantabi.- All around, the ground was a marvel of greenery and flowers, Rosina, and you were singing.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Ugo Solinas (2016) “vèrdhi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1181
- Giosue Muzzo (1981) “vèrdhi”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 185
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes