isthasgioni

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• isthagioni

Etymology

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost; station; watch; position”), derived from the verb stō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of isthazioni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.taˈʒɔ.ni/, [iɬtaˑ(ʒ)ˈʒɔːni]

Noun

isthasgioni f (invariable)

1. season (quarter of a year)
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

     l’antigga primabéra, più cruderi
     di tutti l’isthasgioni
     acchì zi torra a vidda e poi z’ammazza.

     Ancient Spring, [the] cruelest of all seasons, for it takes us back to life, and then kills us.

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