sobbra

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• sobra
• sobbr' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔbbra/

Adverb

sobbra

1. up
   • 1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju‎^[1] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 51, page 120:

     Ed eccu chi lu velu di lu tempiu s’iltrazzesi in dui palti da sobbra fin a giossu

     At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom

Preposition

sobbra

1. over, above, on, upon, atop
   • 1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju‎^[2] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 25, page 118:

     E rilpundendi tuttu lu pobbulu, dizisi: Lu sangu d’eddu sobbra di noi, e sobbra li noltri figlioli.

     All the people, answering, said, “His blood is on us and on our children!”

References

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