See also: zéru, žeru, and żeru

Basque

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Basque *zelu, a borrowing from Latin caelum; displaced native ortzi.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻eɾu/ [s̻e.ɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺eɾu/ [s̺e.ɾu]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾu
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ru

Noun

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zeru inan

  1. sky
    Synonym: ortzi
  2. heaven, paradise
    Synonym: paradisu

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ zeru” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • zeru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • zeru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Corsican

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Corsican cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zeru

Etymology

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From Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Cognates include Italian zero and French zéro.

Numeral

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zeru

  1. zero

References

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.ru/
  • Rhymes: -ɛru
  • Syllabification: ze‧ru

Noun

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zeru n

  1. dative singular of zero

Sassarese

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Etymology 1

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From earlier zelu, from Classical Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂i-lom (whole), derived from a root *koh₂i-, *kéy-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡se.ru/
  • Hyphenation: zé‧ru

Noun

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zeru m (plural zeri)

  1. sky
    • 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria [Missus Annamaria's cricket]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:
      Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu!
      L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.
      What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:
      [] un biddisò []
      brilla i lu sòri e si zi torra a boru
      sempri più in althu i lu zeru biaittu.
      A sparrow shines in the sun, and flies back to it, higher and higher in the blue sky.
    • 2010 September 29, Ignazio Sanna, “Li sigurànzi di Don Fedele [Don Fedele's guarantees]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese[1]:
      un préddi più che anzianu lagnu che azzua e facci biancu, cu’ l’ócci ciari iffussaddi sempri vulthaddi a zéru quasi ad ammirà ca sa ca misthéru
      a more-than-aged priest, thin as an anchovy, pale-faced, with light eyes sunken eyes always turned to the sky, as if he was contemplating some kind of mystery
  2. (religion, also in the plural) heaven (abode of deities)
    • 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese[2]:
      No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu Zéru
      We haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.
  3. (religion) heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)
    • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ahi, sèmpri dugna dì [Alas! always, every day]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 106:
      Mi tòrra lu disizu
      di murì pa vidétti ancora viba
      undì nò v'è duròri,
      i lu zéru di l’ànimi bïadi
      The desire returns to me, to die so I can see you alive again, where there is no pain, in the heaven of blessed souls
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Etymology 2

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Likely borrowed from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, nothing”, “cipher).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡zɛ.ru/
  • Hyphenation: zè‧ru

Numeral

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zeru

  1. (cardinal number) zero

References

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  • Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1205
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 188
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

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Numeral

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zeru

  1. zero