וֵירְגוֹנְייַה

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin verēcundia (“modesty; shyness; shame”), derived from verēcundus (“feeling shame, shamefaced, bashful, shy, modest”).

Noun

וֵירְגוֹנְייַה (werəgonəyyah /vergogna/) f

1. shame
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 19, leaf 2, right page, lines 13–14:

     סֵי אַה מִי אֵיסִי פַֿאנוֹ אִנְקֵירוּפֵיטִיאַרֵי דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית ייַה אֵיסי פֵיר וֵירְגוֹנְייַה דֵי לִי פַֿאצִי לוּרִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     se ʔah mi ʔesi p̄aʔno ʔinəqerupeṭiʔare diṭo de dumedeṯ yyah ʔesi per verəgonəyyah de li p̄aʔṣi luri.

     /["]Se a mi essi fanno incherupetiare", ditto de Dumedeo, "jjà essi per vergogna de li facci luri.["]/

     ["]If they provoke me", [was] the word of the Lord, "indeed [they provoke] themselves, for the shame of their own faces.["]