picca
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *piccus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]picca f (plural picche)
- pike
- pique, obstinancy, stubbornness, animosity
- (in the plural) spades (suit of playing cards)
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīccō (“to strike, sting”), possible borrowing from Frankish *pikkōn (“to peck, strike”). Alternatively from Frankish *pīk (compare Dutch pik (“pick, pickaxe”)), or from pīcus (“woodpecker”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpiːk.ka/, [ˈpiːkːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.ka/, [ˈpikːä]
Noun
[edit]pīcca f (genitive pīccae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pīcca | pīccae |
| Genitive | pīccae | pīccārum |
| Dative | pīccae | pīccīs |
| Accusative | pīccam | pīccās |
| Ablative | pīccā | pīccīs |
| Vocative | pīcca | pīccae |
Descendants
[edit]Sicilian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Cognate with Sicilian picciottu and pìcciulu. Compare Italian piccolo, Spanish pequeño, Romanian pic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]picca
- little, not much
- (followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly
- Synonyms: n'anticchia, tanticchia, na pocu
- Mi nn'hâ dari picca.
- Give me just a little.
Derived terms
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