isthaddiari

Sassarese

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Logudorese istadiale (“summer (attributive)”, adjective), derived from istade (“summer”), from Latin aestās, aestātem (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.tadˈdja.ri/, [iɬtadˈdjaːɾi]

Noun

isthaddiari m (invariable)

1. summer
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Diario [Diary]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 87:

     L’isthadiari aràmidu
     lu rifrigeriu aisetta
     di un timpurari

     The dry summer waits for the coolness of a rainstorm

See also

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

References

• Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 739
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes