baḍḍa

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• paḍḍa, palla (desonorized, dialectal Italianate variants)

Etymology

Possibly from Medieval Latin balla, ultimately from Frankish *ball, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɖˈɖa/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: pi‧bà‧ḍḍa

Noun

baḍḍa f (plural baḍḍi)

1. (sports) ball (object used for playing games)
2. ball (solid or hollow sphere)
3. (usually in the plural, vulgar) i baḍḍi: testicles

   Synonyms: (vulgar) cabbasisi, còculi, cugghiuna, cugghiànnuli, tistìcula

   Chi vinisti pi scassari i baḍḍi?!

   Did you come to break my balls!

4. (informal, figurative) something dull or boring

   Chi du' baḍḍi!

   What a drag!

5. (colloquial) lie

   Synonym: minchiata

6. (heraldry) circle-shaped charge

Derived terms

• allicca-baḍḍi
• ammucca-baḍḍi
• baḍḍazza
• baḍḍijari
• baḍḍijatu
• baḍḍitta
• baḍḍuni
• baḍḍusu
• baḍḍuzza
• baḍḍòttula
• sbaḍḍari
• sbaḍḍatu
• sbaḍḍulijari
• suca-baḍḍi

 

Descendants

• → Italian: badda (regional)

Related terms

• cauci
• cauciu
• culu
• dinocchiu
• gùvitu
• jocu dû palluni
• minchia
• minna
• ncinagghia
• pacchiu
• pallinu
• pallunata
• palluni
• sticchiu
• vàḍḍira