umirtà

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• umilità, umilitati (non-haplological, obsolete)

Etymology

From the apocope of the doublet umirtati, from Latin humil(i)tā(tem). Cognate with Italian umiltà, Catalan humilitat, French humilité, Galician humildade, Spanish humildad. By surface analysis, ùmili +‎ -ità.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.miɾˈta/, [ʊ.mɪɾˈta]
• Rhymes: -umirtà
• Hyphenation: u‧mir‧tà

Noun

umirtà f (plural umirtà or umirtati)

1. humility

Related terms

• humus
• ùmili

Descendants

• Italian: omertà
  • English: omerta

See also

• amistà
• anistà
• anuri
• sincirità