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verdhi

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Sassarese

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, derived from vireō. Cognate with Sardinian birde and Gallurese veldi.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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verdhi (invariable)

  1. green (having a green colour)
    • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:
      Vèrdhi e rànziga che féri,
      à lu córi creba creba;
      si cridia parch'era ricca
      di pudemmi bè imbischà
      Green and bitter as bile, her heart is dying of anger; she thought, because she was rich, that she could well capture me
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:
      Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori
      diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba
      ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.
      About the native town, in her delicate heart, a mother remembered it was as green and flowery as a garden.

Noun

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verdhi m (invariable)

  1. green (colour)
  2. greenery
    • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “L’ipìgura [Lavender]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 118:
      La tèrra, in dugna càbura, un incantu
      di vèrdhi e fiòri.
      Rusì, e tu cantabi.
      All around, the ground was a marvel of greenery and flowers, Rosina, and you were singing.
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References

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  • Ugo Solinas (2016) “vèrdhi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1181
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) “vèrdhi”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 185
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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