inverru

Sassarese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈverru/

Noun

inverru m (plural inverri)

1. winter (season)
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXIV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 20, page 97:

     Prigheddi poi, chi no dèbiaddi fuggì d’inverru, o di sàbbaddu.

     Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This year]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:

     Poi, pa’ tuttu lu freddu di l’inverru,
     a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
     soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu

     Then, in all of winter’s cold, I'll only have this thought to keep me company in the sadness

   • 2010 October 2, Ignazio Sanna, “Un althru invèrru [Another winter]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[2]:

     No abé timòri si torrani li nui,
     eu saraggiu da abà a datti curaggiu;
     vedarai: passarà chisth’althru invèrru

     Don't be afraid if clouds return; from now on, I'll be here to give you strength. You'll see: this new winter will pass

See also

Seasons in Sassarese · isthasgioni (layout · text) · category
primmabera, branu (“spring”)	isthaddiari, isthiu (“summer”)	attugnu (“autumn”)	inverru (“winter”)

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes