prèdica

Sicilian

Etymology

From pridicari (“to preach”) +‎ -a (form deverbals). Compare Italian predica.

Noun

prèdica f (plural prèdichi)

1. sermon

   stari comu lu turcu a la prèdica ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Prèdichi e lattuchi doppu Pasqua sù finuti.

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2. scolding

Descendants

• → Maltese: prietka, priedka

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “prèdica”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3163–3164
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “predica”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 148