sagru

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian sagru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːɡ.ru/

Adjective

sagru (feminine singular sagra, plural sagri)

1. sacred, holy

   Synonym: mqaddes

Related terms

• sagrosant

 

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• sacru

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sacer, sacrum. Compare Italian sacro.

Adjective

sagru (feminine singular sagra, masculine and feminine plural sagri)

1. sacred, holy

   Synonyms: santu, binidittu

Descendants

• → Maltese: sagru

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “sagru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3542
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “sagru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 317