nebi

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs, derived from the root *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

E si tralfiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia rilplindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' viltiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.

1866, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 2, page 65:

And he was transfigured in front of them. And his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as snow.

Arimani una dì ch'éra un incantu,
e abà tutt'è bïancu, è fiucchendi,
e nèbi n'à ficchidu più d'un pàimu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Manzanu di nèbi [Snow morning]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 95:

Yesterday was a wonderful day, and now everything is white, it's snowing, and more than a palm of snow has fallen.

I'll have in front of my eyes a country covered by snow as intact and fine as in a picture.


pa'

Lu mondu è cussì mannu chi v’è loggu pa' tutti

The world is so big that there's room for everyone

Accoglieva le amiche, palpitava
per il figlio inquieto. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Un cuntaddu [A tale], adaptation of Raccontino by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 47:

[…] she received her friends, although fearing for the anxious son.

È capitaddu pa' cùipa tóia

It's your fault it happened (literally, “It has happened for your fault”)

Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco,
dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto
chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 9, lines 31–63:

As I went down to a low place, [one] presented himself before my eyes, who seemed to be mute because of a long silence.

[…] la vecchia
casa scossa a una raffica

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Lu vedru a pezzi [The shattered glass], adaptation of Raccontino by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 39:

[…] the old house, which is trembling because of the wind

Pa' fà la bagna, vi vo' la pummatta

Tant’è amara che poco è più morte;
ma per trattar del ben ch’i’ vi trovai,
dirò de l’altre cose ch’i’ v’ ho scorte.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 4, lines 7–9:

It's so dreadful that death is little more; but, in order to narrate of the good I found there, I'll tell about the other things I saw there.

[…] un angolo
cerco nel mondo, l’oasi propizia
a detergere voi con il mio pianto
dalla menzogna che vi acceca. […]

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Paràuri [Words], adaptation of Parole by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 11:

now I'm looking for a corner in the world, a propitious oasis, to be able to clean you through weeping, from the lies that are blinding you

Mi n'andaba in giru pa' la ziddai

[…] — intorno pinge
un inferno polare la città — […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Puisia [Poem], adaptation of Poesia by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 19:

He, along the walls, goes around the town, changed into an icy hell

Nella mia giovanezza ho navigato
lungo le coste dalmate. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Ulisse [Ulysses], adaptation of Ulisse by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 51:

In my youth, I've sailed across many seas.

Cosa vuraristhi pa' primmu piattu?


-mi

ciama (“call!”) → ciàmami (“call me!”)

enclitic form of mi; appended to polysyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


sassaresu

head

sassaresu (feminine sassaresa, masculine and feminine plural sassaresi)

sassaresa (feminine)
sassaresi (feminine masculine plural)


sassaresu

sassaresu m (plural sassaresi, feminine sassaresa)

Sassarese (male native or inhabitant of Sassari)


sassaresu

E Sardella nò ti fazìa ridì
cu lu so’ sassaresu algharesinu?

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu caffè d’Abbondiu [Abbondiu's café]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 280:

And Sardella, didn't he make you laugh, with his Alghero Sassarese?

Chisthu è un cuntaddu naddu umbè di tèmpu fa, candu la ziddai era ancóra paesi e si ciamàba Thathari. No si fabiddàba nemmàncu sassarésu; ma fèmmu finta chi èmmu.

2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

This is a tale born a very long time ago, when the city [Sassari] was still a borough, and was called Thathari. Sassarese wasn't even spoken. But let's pretend it was.


cruzi

(dialectal) Alternative form of crozi (“cross”)


occi

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated form of Latin oculus (“eye”).

Holonym: fàccia

Meronyms: archu di l'occi, biancu di l'occi, isthicca, rètina

Bella veramente ſei tu, o mia diletta: bella veramente ſe’ tu, gli occhi tuoi ſon di colomba.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 14, page 6:

You are very beautiful, o lover of mine, very beautiful. Your eyes are those of doves.

No taldà più, molti cara,
Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu, ¶ Già chi in la luzi ciara
Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
Mòltraddi amigga cun meggu
Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 21, pages 101–102:

Please don't be late any longer, dear Death; please close my eyes. Already here, in the clear light, today I am with a blind eye. Prove yourself a friend to me until you see me buried.

Abà ch'è ischurighendi,
e l’ócci di lu sòri s’è cuadu
in fond’a l’aribari,
mi posu aizaréddu
inòghi i l’utturinu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Abà ch'è ischurighendi [Now that it's getting dark]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 347:

Now that it's getting dark, and the sun's eye has hidden itself at the end of the olive grove, I'll sit down for a bit, here on the path.

Fammi vidé l’occi, mòsthrami li mani

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 195:

Let me see your eyes, show me your hands


luzi

Inherited from Classical Latin lūx, lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.

inh+

Lu pobbulu, chi caminaba in li tenebri, ha viltu una gran luzi; e a chiddi, chi erani pusaddi in lu paesi dill’ombra di la molti è nadda la luzi.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 16, page 11:

The people, that was walking in the darkness, saw a great light; and to those, who were sitting in the land of the shadow of death, light was born.

Poltu mi soggu a cuntà
L’una, li dui, e li tre
Forsi pal vidè a te
Alla luzi di la luna

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 41, page 128:

I set about counting, one, two, and three o' clock, perhaps to see you in the moonlight

Li pizzonéddi chi firizzidài
abà ch’àni lu verdhi e li fiòri!
Èddi sì chi si gòdini l’amòri
i la lùzi cun tutta libarthai.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Màggiu [May]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 81:

The little birds, such happiness, now that they have the greenery and the flowers! Now, they are enjoying love in the light, with complete freedom.

(physics, uncountable) light (electromagnetic radiation)

Tra tuttu lu chi veggu in giru in giru
lu duròri no v’è, cussì mi pari.
È tinta la ziddài di luzi d’òru,
riprindenti è lu mari. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “In isthadiari [During the summer]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 35:

Amidst all I see all around, pain is not there—so it seems. The city is painted with golden light, the sea is shining.


-ti

ciama (“call!”) → ciàmati (“call yourself!”)

enclitic form of ti; appended to polysyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


suili

Derived from Classical Latin suīle (“pigsty”), perhaps through Logudorese suile.


libru

From Latin librum, accusative of liber, from Proto-Italic *luβros, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-ró-s, derived from the root *lewbʰ- (“to peel, cut off, harm”).

Libru di la generazioni di Gesù Criltu, figliolu di David, figliolu di Abramu

1866, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 1, page 1:

Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham


biancu

sdc-adj

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)

bianca (feminine singular)
bianchi (feminine masculine plural)

Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 36, page 16:

And you will not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

Sia lu me’ colpu viltiddu
D’un sumbreri pampanuddu
Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu
Mannu cant’un caniltreddu

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 158:

May my body be clothed with a fancy hat, half white and half black, as big as a basket

La mòscha virinòsa,
la ruia, la bïanca e la nïédda,
è trabanèndi finza lu zaibéddu,
di tant’iscillaradi.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Don Paschuari nósthru si lamènta [Our Don Pasquale complains]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 194:

The venomous fly, the red [one], the white [one], and the black [one], is penetrating even in the brain of many wicked ones.

l’arecci bianca a punta più no timu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:


chizu

From Sardinian chizu, from Classical Latin cilium (“eyelid; (Medieval Latin) eyelash”), from Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, derived from the root *ḱel- (“to cover”).

der

Holonym: fàccia


avali

(dialectal) Alternative form of abali (“now; just now”)


lugi

(dialectal) Alternative form of luzi (“light”)


vidda

From Late Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pal chissu vi diggu, no v’ affanneddi in pinsà, cumenti dibiddi alimintà la voltra vidda, nè cumenti viltì lu voltru colpu. La vidda no vali più dill’alimentu: e lu colpu più di li viltiri?

1866, chapter VI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 25, page 20:

Because of this I say to you: don't worry thinking how you should nourish your life, or how to clothe your body. Is life not worth more than nourishment, and the body [worth] more than clothes?

Già veggu ch’è pazzia
Ch’ è in manu di Deju vidda e molti,
E poi da chi nascimu
O preltu, o taldu è zeltu chi murimu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 48, page 140:

I can see how it's madness that life and death are in the hands of God; and, after we are born—sooner or later—it is certain that we die.

Ti vó bè finza lu sòri
chi ti tocca e t’abbaida;
nò v’è nudda nò i la vida
dòzzi cumènt’e l’amòri.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Dézi o dòdizi figlióri [Ten or twelve children]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 88:

Even the Sun, which touches you, and looks at you; there is nothing in life as sweet as love.

No soggu isthaddu mai
digussì
affriziunaddu a la vidda.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Vigiendi [Keeping watch]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 95:

Mi dazi un folti tulmentu,
Lu no giumpì all’intentu
Passu la vidda affannadda.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 50, page 141:

It gives me great torment to not accomplish the intent [marriage]. I spend my life in worry.

Dòzzi avvéru è la mé vida
cumènt’e règgia di méri.
Andu e tòrru i li firari
ma lu córi è undì sei tu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Lu mé córi è undì sei tu... [My heart is wherever you are...]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 87:

My life is indeed sweet, like a honey-filled honeycomb. I go back and forth among the rows [of plants], but the heart is wherever you are.

Acchì […] no ipardhizieggi
la me’ debiri vidda […]
cument’ischanzilleggia la cimusgia
un ischrafioni sobr’a la lavagna.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “[untitled poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 155:

Why don't you erase my feeble life, like a duster erases a scribble on the blackboard?

Cantu è iltrinta la gianna, e cantu è iltrintu lu caminu, chi cunduzi alla vidda: e cantu pogghi sò chiddi, chi l’ incontrani!

1866, chapter VII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 14, page 23:

How narrow is the door, how narrow is the path, that leads to life, and how few are those who find it!

essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being

E eccu unu, chi si l’ avvizinesi, e li dizisi: Maltru bonu, chi aggiu a fà di bonu par uttinì la vidda eterna?

1866, chapter XIX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 16, page 74:

And there was one, who got close to him, and said: "Good master, what good am I to do in order to obtain eternal life?

In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
pianu si n’anda,
in agunia
è lu tempu più beddu di la vidda
e senza pressa z’è dizendi adiu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Attugnu [Autumn]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:

In this Autumn, that ever so slowly goes away, in agony, is the most beautiful time of life, and it's saying goodbye to us, with no hurry.


vidda

From Tuscan Italian vita (“screw”) (standard: vite), from Classical Latin vītis (“vine”), Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).


chiza

From Sardinian chiza, from Classical Latin cilia, plural of cilium (“eyelid; (Medieval Latin) eyelash”), from Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, derived from the root *ḱel- (“to cover”).


tataresu

head

tataresu (feminine tataresa, masculine and feminine plural tataresi)

tataresa (feminine)
tataresi (feminine masculine plural)


tataresu

tataresu m (plural tataresi, feminine tataresa)

(uncountable) Sassarese (Romance language)

Synonym of sassaresu:
Sassarese (Romance language)


antigu

sdc-adj

antigu (feminine singular antiga, masculine and feminine plural antighi)

antiga (feminine singular)
antighi (feminine masculine plural)

(dialectal) Alternative form of antiggu (“ancient, old”)


milinzana

Possibly from Medieval Latin melongena; cf. Italian melanzana, Sicilian mulinciana, Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána). Ultimately from Arabic باذنجان, from Persian بادنجان.

der

Arabic باذنجان

Persian بادنجان


forru

From Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).


me'

la me’ casa

La so’ gola è suabissima, e eddu è tuttu disiziabili: tali è lu me’ iltimaddu, ed eddu è l’amiggu meju, o figlioli di Gerusalemmi.

1863, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's Song of songs] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Canticum canticorum, verse 16, page 14:

His neck is most sweet, and he's completely desirable; such is my loved one, and he's my friend, o sons of Jerusalem.

Rosa meja, lu me’ bè,
Ciamami candu sei sola.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 63, page 156:

My rose, my darling, call me when you're alone.

Assai bè me la vibia
sóru sóru i la mé vigna.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Nò è succu nò l'amòri”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 61:

I was doing quite well, all alone in my vineyard.

Fabiddendi cun megu
la me’ cumpagna dizi cosi tristhi
e seri […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

Talking with me, my partner talks about sad, serious things


nieddu

sdc-adj

nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine and feminine plural nieddi)

niedda (feminine singular)
nieddi (feminine masculine plural)

Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.

1866, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 36, page 16:

Sia lu me’ colpu viltiddu
D’un sumbreri pampanuddu
Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu
Mannu cant’un caniltreddu

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 158:

La mòscha virinòsa,
la ruia, la bïanca e la nïédda,
è trabanèndi finza lu zaibéddu,
di tant’iscillaradi.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Don Paschuari nósthru si lamènta [Our Don Pasquale complains]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 194:

[…] È nieddu che la notti
lu me’ pientu ma cuaddu si rimani
a l’althri e a me matessi.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [Upon the table]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

My crying is as black as night, but it remains hidden to others and myself.


eddu

head

eddu m (plural eddi, feminine singular edda)

From Latin illum, accusative of ille, from Old Latin olle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”).

der

Allora cumandesi a li so’ discipuli, chi no dizissini a nisciunu, chi eddu era Gesù Criltu.

1866, chapter XVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 20, page 64:

Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was Jesus Christ.

Cantu beddi prumissi
Non ti fesi eddu, e cantu giuramenti
Di non mai paltissi
Da te chi dizia amà tenaramenti

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 15, page 88:

How many sweet promises, and how many oaths, did he make to you, to never leave you, whom he said he loved tenderly

Lu giraniu à lu disìzu
di vidétti dugna dì.
Lu garóvuru èddu puru
suffri, nò vó fiurì […]

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Lu ciapittu [The small yard]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 103:

The geranium wishes to see you every day. The pink—he, too—suffers, [and] doesn't want to bloom […]

Santu Marthinu bastha a fantumallu
ch’eddu t’arregga puru la furthuna
e ti fazi vibì di bona luna.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Li santi di la bidda meia [The saints of my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 81:

Saint Martin: it's enough to name him, and he also brings you luck, and makes you live with a good moon.

«Impippaddìnni…» eddu abìa tagliaddu in còrthu, «tu appizzichèggiaddi a calchuna e isthrìgnira, chì m’hani dittu chi a eddi li piazi. Intési?»

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

"Nevermind," he cut short, "you just glue yourself to one of them, and hug her, 'cause I've been told they like you. Got it?"

Intendendi chiltu lu re Erodi, si è tulbaddu, e tutta Gerusalem cun eddu.

1866, chapter II, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 3, page 4:

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Lu zappadori è naddu a lu ribessu
Battisgiaddu a lu buggiu e senza sali,
Megliu è cunsulà un animali
Chi no a eddu, ch’è riccattu pessu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 32, page 120:

The yokel is born upside down; baptized in the dark, and without salt. It's better to comfort an animal rather than him, for it is a waste of time.

Un òoh m’è iscidu própiu da lu córi,
e, foramàri, pògu v’è vurudu
chi m’abbrazzéssi a èddu e a l’animari.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Acchètti e mutòri [Ponies and motors]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 329:

An "Oh!" just came out from the heart, and—with all due respect—it didn't take long for me to hug both him and the animal.

In tutti li maneri
mi soggu cumpurthaddu,
si maramenti o bè no soggu dillu
e soru Gesù Cristhu pó sabellu
o forsi nemmancu eddu. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L'ulthima [The last one]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 43:

I've behaved in every way. If bad or good, I can't say, and only Jesus Christ can know it, or maybe not even him.

E si calchunu dubìssia attrìbìssi a iffuttìmmi, sàppia chi vi so’ pronti pa’ eddu umbè d’ischavanaddi

And, should anyone dare to mock me, let him know that there's a whole lot of smacks ready for him


pesciu

Inherited from Classical Latin piscis, pisce(m) (with a change in the final vowel), from Proto-Italic *piskis, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-i-s, from the root *peysk-.


-tti

ciamà (“to call”) → ciamatti (“to call yourself; to call you; to call for you”)

enclitic form of ti; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative and dative forms when the object is second singular person

ti

fà (“do!”) → fatti (“do (to/for yourself)!”)

enclitic form of ti; appended to monosyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


zelu

Lu Zelu è già olcuraddu, ¶ Lu soli no rilplendi, nè la luna!

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 48, pages 135–136:

The sky is already darkened; the sun no longer shines, nor [does] the moon!

Vi dico ancora, che ſe due di voi ſi accorderanno ſopra la terra a domandare qualſiſia coſa, ſarà loro conceſſa dal Padre mio ch’ è ne’ cieli.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 19, page 71:

I also tell you that if two of you will have an agreement on earth, to demand anything, it will be given to them by my Father who is in the heavens.

(religion, also in the plural) heaven (abode of deities)

Archaic form of zeru:
heaven (abode of deities)

(religion) heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)

Archaic form of zeru:
heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)


isthella

From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).


isthaddu

From Latin status, perfect passive participle of sistō (“I set, place”).


isthaddu

sdc-pp

isthaddu m (feminine singular isthadda, masculine and feminine plural isthaddi)

isthadda (feminine singular)
isthaddi (feminine masculine plural)


assé

head

assé (first-person singular present soggu, past participle isthaddu, first-person singular imperfect era, first-person singular future saràggiu, first-person singular subjunctive sia, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive fùssia, second-person singular imperative sii, auxiliary assé)

soggu (first-person present singular)
isthaddu (participle past)
era (first-person imperfect singular)
saràggiu (first-person future singular)
sia (first-person singular subjunctive)
fùssia (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sii (imperative second-person singular)
assé (auxiliary)
assé (infinitive)
assé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
essendi (gerund)
sendi (gerund)
essendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
isthaddu (participle past)
soggu (first-person indicative present singular)
sei (indicative present second-person singular)
è (indicative present singular third-person)
semmu (first-person indicative plural present)
seddi (indicative plural present second-person)
so (indicative plural present third-person)
era (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
eri (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
era (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
érami (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
éraddi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
érani (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fusi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fusi (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fusi (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fùsimi (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fùsiddi (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fùsini (historic indicative past plural third-person)
saràggiu (first-person future indicative singular)
saré (future indicative second-person singular)
sarà (future indicative singular third-person)
saremu (first-person future indicative plural)
sareddi (future indicative plural second-person)
sarani (future indicative plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a assé (future indicative)
future indicative of abé + a assé (future indicative)
past historic of assé + past participle (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
future of assé + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
saria (conditional first-person present singular)
saristhi (conditional present second-person singular)
saria (conditional present singular third-person)
sarìsthiami (conditional first-person plural present)
sarìsthiaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
sarìani (conditional plural present third-person)
sia (conditional present singular)
sii (conditional present singular)
sia (conditional present singular third-person)
sìami (conditional first-person plural present)
sìaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
sìani (conditional plural present third-person)
fùssia (conditional imperfect singular)
fussi (conditional imperfect singular)
fùssia (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
fùssiami (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
fùssiaddi (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
fùssiani (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
sii (imperative second-person singular)
sia (imperative singular third-person)
sìami (first-person imperative plural)
sìaddi (imperative plural second-person)
sìani (imperative plural third-person)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

inh+

Perocchè con frode fui condotto via dalla terra degli Ebrei, e innocente fui gettato in queﬅa foſſa.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XL, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 15, page 16:

Because I have been thievishly taken from the land of the Jews, and now I have been placed in prison an innocent.

Molgu pal te, tiranu,
No vogliu più vibì sendi tradidda

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 70:

I die for you, you tyrant; I no longer want to live, having been betrayed

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice; to be

Dilli chi soggu brusgendi,
Suffrendi affanni e dulori.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 25, page 109:

Tell her that I am burning, suffering worries and sorrows.

Vedi la bestia per cu’ io mi volsi;
aiutami da lei, famoso saggio,
ch’ella mi fa tremar le vene e i polsi".

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 12, lines 88–90:

"You see the beast that made me flee; save me from it, o renowned wise, for it is making my veins and wrists tremble."

[…] un angolo
cerco nel mondo, l’oasi propizia
a detergere voi con il mio pianto
dalla menzogna che vi acceca. […]

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Paràuri [Words], adaptation of Parole by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 11:

now I'm looking for a corner in the world, a propitious oasis, to be able to clean you through weeping, from the lies that are blinding you

continuous aspect
continuous aspect#English

(auxiliary) Used with gerund forms of verbs to form the continuous aspect; to be

Allor fu la paura un poco queta,
che nel lago del cor m’era durata
la notte ch’i’ passai con tanta pieta.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 7, lines 19–21:

Then it remained quiet for a while, the fear that in the heart had lasted for the night I spent in such a rush.

intransitive verb
intransitive verb#English

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect; to be, to have

Di tanti indilpusizioni,
Edda, ingrata! motib’ è

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 60:

She—ungrateful!—is the reason of so many ailments

guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle
vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta
che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 7, lines 16–18:

Looking up, I saw its back already clothed with the sun, which is a guide to man in his every step.

Fui sempre (“colpa tua” tu rispondi)
fui sempre un povero cane randagio.

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, L’ulthima [The last one], adaptation of Parole by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 43:

I’ve always been—"Your fault", you reply—a stray dog: always.

(copulative) to be Used to indicate that the subject and object are identical or equivalent; to be

per la qual coſa ordinò, che tutti ſi ritiraſſero, affinchè niſſuno ﬅraniero foſſe preſente, mentre ad eſſi ſi dava a conoſcere

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 1, page 52:

so he [Joseph] ordered that everyone get out, and that no outsider be present for the reciprocal recognition

Divilu a cha t’ha mandaddu
Ch’ iltoggu com’ edda sà,
Ch’ è superflu priguntà
Com’ iltazi un dildiciaddu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 59:

Tell it to the one who sent you, that I am faring the way she knows; that it is superfluous to ask how an unfortunate fares.

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 5, lines 1–3:

At the middle of this life of ours, I found myself in a very dark forest, because the good way was already lost.

Sempre abbiamo sputato sui cadaveri,
figlio; appesi alle grate di finestre,
ad albero di nave, inceneriti
per la Croce […]

1989 [1954], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)], adaptation of Laude (29 aprile 1945) by Salvatore Quasimodo; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 11:

Dear child, we have always spitted on the dead whether they were hanging from a balcony, set aflame for the Cross of Christ […]

(copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective, prepositional phrase; to be

D’assé in zéru m’è parudu
cu lu córi indïusadu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “A tè, Rusì [To you, Rusina]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari], Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 67:

It seemed like being in the sky, with a fancying heart.

(intransitive) to be (to occupy a place)

— «O ba’, m’abaristia isciubaraddu lu trabagliu.»
— «Cosa? No vi credu, no pò assé! Mih, chi finamenta ti sei dizzisu a dizott’anni: era ora![»]

2009 October 6, Ignazio Sanna, “Li facultai d’abà (ossia: cumenti fa dinà in dì d’oggi) [The faculties of today (or: How to make money nowadays)]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

— "Dad, I think I've chosen a job."
— "What? I don't believe it, it can't be! What do you know, at eighteen, you've finally made up your mind: about time!

(intransitive) to be (occur, take place)


asulu

sdc-adj

asulu (feminine singular asula, masculine and feminine plural asuli)

asula (feminine singular)
asuli (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azurru.


sedda

Inherited from Classical Latin sēta, monophthongized alternative form of saeta (“bristle, hair; (Late Latin) silk”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, derived from the root *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind, fetter”).


sedda

Inherited from Classical Latin sella (“seat; (Late Latin) saddle”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo- (“seat”), derived from the root *sed- (“to sit”).


sisia

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual

(botany):
common daisy (Bellis perennis)

(botany):
The plant Bellium bellidioides.

lily of the valley
lily of the valley#English

Convallaria majalis
Convallaria majalis#Translingual

lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)


sassaresa

Sassarese (female native or inhabitant of Sassari)


gadduresa

Gallurese (female native or inhabitant of Gallura)


verdhi

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

Vèrdhi e rànziga che féri,
à lu córi creba creba;
si cridia parch'era ricca
di pudemmi bè imbischà

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:

Green and bitter as bile, her heart is dying of anger; she thought, because she was rich, that she could well capture me

Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori
diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba
ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.

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:

About the native town, in her delicate heart, a mother remembered it was as green and flowery as a garden.


verdhi

La tèrra, in dugna càbura, un incantu
di vèrdhi e fiòri.
Rusì, e tu cantabi.

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:

All around, the ground was a marvel of greenery and flowers, Rosina, and you were singing.


basthardhi

masculine/feminine singular of basthardhu


basthardhu

sdc-adj

basthardhu (feminine singular basthardha, masculine and feminine plural basthardhi)

basthardha (feminine singular)
basthardhi (feminine masculine plural)

From Late Latin bastardus, from Frankish.


basthardhu

head

basthardhu m (plural basthardhi, feminine basthardha)

basthardhi (plural)
basthardha (feminine)


grìgiu

sdc-adj

grìgiu (feminine singular grìgia, masculine and feminine plural grigi)

grìgia (feminine singular)
grigi (feminine masculine plural)

Possibly borrowed from Italian grigio, from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.


aocci

Alternative form of a occi (“in front, at the front”)


rùiu

rùiu (feminine singular rùia, masculine and feminine plural rui)

rùia (feminine singular)
rui (feminine masculine plural)

From Classical Latin rubeus (“red; reddish”), derived from rubeō (“I redden”).

So li me’ innamuraddi
¶
Che dui meligranaddi
Che dui aranzi so rui.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 44, pages 131–132:

My two lovers are like two pomegranates, they're red like two oranges.


azurru

azurru (feminine singular azurra, masculine and feminine plural azurri)

azurra (feminine singular)
azurri (feminine masculine plural)

Ultimately from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of asulu.


biaittu

biaittu (feminine singular biaitta, masculine and feminine plural biaitti)

biaitta (feminine singular)
biaitti (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Italian biadetto, derived from a term of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Lu rumasinu in fiòri / è cu l’ócci biaitti, / èddu puru già gudìa / a vidétti, a intinditti.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ahi ahi chissu sirénziu! [Ah, this silence!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 114:

The rosemary in bloom has blue eyes; he, too, was enjoying looking at you, listening to you.

[…] un biddisò […] / brilla i lu sòri e si zi torra a boru / sempri più in althu i lu zeru biaittu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

A sparrow shines in the sun, and flies back to it, higher and higher in the blue sky.


ischurana

female equivalent of ischuranu: schoolchild, schoolgirl


caggazzua

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual


ischuranu

head

ischuranu m (plural ischurani, feminine ischurana)

Probably from Late Vulgar Latin *scholānus, variant of Classical Latin scholāris, derived from schola.


masthra

female equivalent of masthru: (female) teacher


ischoràsthiggu

sdc-adj

ischoràsthiggu (feminine singular ischoràsthigga, masculine and feminine plural ischoràsthigghi)

ischoràsthigga (feminine singular)
ischoràsthigghi (feminine masculine plural)

From Latin scholasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós), derived from σχολή (skholḗ).

der

school, education (attributive); scholastic, educational


masthru

head

masthru m (plural masthri, feminine masthra)

From Italian mastro, or from Latin magistrum, accusative of magister.


ischora

From Latin schola, borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sǵʰh₃leh₂, derived from the root *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

Augusto abìa dassaddu l’ischóra pa’ aggiuddà lu babbu – un “paddronaréddu” pròprietariu d’un òtòcarru abànzu di ghèrra

2010 September 29, Ignazio Sanna, “Li sigurànzi di Don Fedele [Don Fedele's guarantees]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Augusto had dropped school in order to help his father, a small proprietor, owner of a truck left over from the war


zittadinu

sdc-adj

zittadinu (feminine singular zittadina, masculine and feminine plural zittadini)

zittadina (feminine singular)
zittadini (feminine masculine plural)

From Italian cittadino, derived from Old Italian cittade (“city”).


zittadinu

head

zittadinu m (plural zittadini, feminine zittadina)


baglioru

With a shift in gender, from Late Latin variola, derived from Classical Latin varius.


ziddai

From Old Italian cittade, from Latin cīvitātem, accusative form of cīvitās (“citizenship; state”), from Old Latin ceivitās, from Proto-Italic *keiwitāts, derived from *keiwis (“society”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”).

der

No si pò cuà una ziddai frabbiggadda sobbra d’un monti.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 14, page 13:

One cannot hide a city built on top of a mountain.

In Lombaldia v’ è un[a] ziddai,
Eju ti la diggu, e tu no la sai
Comu si giama ilta ziddai?

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 20, page 99:

In Lombardy, there's a city; I tell you [which one it is], and you don't know it. How is this city called?

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:

About the native town, and its delicate heart, a mother remembers it was as green and full of flowers like a garden.

Chisthu è un cuntaddu naddu umbè di tèmpu fa, candu la ziddai era ancóra paesi e si ciamàba Thathari.

2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

This is a tale born a very long time ago, when the city [Sassari] was still a borough, and was called Thathari.


prufissuressa

female equivalent of prufissori: (female) professor


a occi

Io (ſono) del mio Diletto, ed egli verſo di me è rivolto.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 10, page 13:

I am of my beloved, and he is turned in front of me.

Tutti li dinà chi femu
Li punimu a occi a soli

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 47, page 134:

All the money we make, we put in front of the sun

Intantu un biddisò si fèimma un aizu
sobr’a la grunda di la casa a occi

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Boundary]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

Meanwhile a sparrow perches for a moment on top of the gutter of the house in front

(idiomatic) at the front, in front, before


gadduresu

sdc-adj

gadduresu (feminine singular gadduresa, masculine and feminine plural gadduresi)

gadduresa (feminine singular)
gadduresi (feminine masculine plural)


gadduresu

head

gadduresu m (plural gadduresi, feminine gadduresa)

Gallurese (male native or inhabitant of Gallura)


prufissori

prufissori m (invariable, feminine prufissuressa)

From Latin professōrem, accusative of professor, derived from professus, perfect passive participle of profiteor (“I declare publicly”).


cument'

Acchì […] no ipardhizieggi
la me’ debiri vidda […]
cument’ischanzilleggia la cimusgia
un ischrafioni sobr’a la lavagna.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 155:

Why don't you erase my feeble life, like a duster erases a scribble on the blackboard?


cument'e

Lu to’ gàibu ischuntrosu
[…]
[…] eu basgiu
e saruddu cument’e la criaddura
che piegni […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Dipididda [Departure]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 15:

I kiss and say goodbye to your surly gentleness, like the child who cries


cumenti

Derived from Vulgar Latin *quōmo (“how; like”) + -menti (adverb-forming suffix).

af

Cumenti ti ciami?

What's your name? (literally, “How are you called?”)

[…] intendu
lu so’ prisintimentu chi mi pugni
cumenti una rasogia.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

I feel its omen stabbing me like a razor


labagna

From the toponym Lavagna, a municipality of Genoa.


làpisi

Likely from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis (“stone”).


quadernu

From Medieval Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).


càttedra

Likely a borrowing from Italian cattedra, from Latin cathedra (“armchair; pulpit”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

desk (of a teacher, as opposed to a student's)

chair, professorship (teaching post in a university)


cimùsgia

From Vulgar Latin cimussa, of unknown further origin.

A piece of fabric used as a chalkboard eraser.


tinteri

From Catalan tinter, derived from tinta (“ink”).


caramàiu

From Latin calamārius (“of or pertaining to a writing reed”), derived from calamus (“reed, cane”).


bidellu

Likely borrowed from Italian bidello, from Medieval Latin bidellus, from Frankish *bidal (“messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz.


ghìsgiu

Probably from Catalan guix, from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), of unknown further origin.

(uncountable) chalk (soft, white, powdery limestone)

chalk (piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)


àura

From Latin aula (“court, forecourt”), borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “open court, courtyard”).


temperaràpisi

Borrowed from Italian temperalapis, with influence from làpisi (“pencil”).


ischoràsthigghi

masculine/feminine plural of ischoràsthiggu


temperarapis

pencil sharpener
pencil sharpener#English


présidi

Probably from Italian preside, from Latin praeses, praesidem (“guardian; chief”), derived from praesideō (“I sit before; I guard; I preside over”).

(education) headmaster m, headmistress f, headteacher, schoolmaster


cumpassu

Likely a borrowing from Italian compasso.

pair of compasses
pair of compasses#English


pasthellu

Likely a borrowing from Italian pastello, from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), derived from Late Latin pasta.


isquadra

Likely a borrowing from Italian squadra.


fógliu

From Latin folium (“leaf; petal; sheet of paper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃-yom, derived from the root *bʰleh₃- (“bloom; flower”).

inh

sheet (thin layer of paper or other material)


-llu

ciamà (“to call”) → ciamallu (“to call him/her/it”)

enclitic form of lu; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive accusative forms when the object is masculine third singular person

lu

fà (“do!”) → fallu (“do it!”)

enclitic form of lu; appended to monosyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


-ru

ciama (“call!”) → ciàmaru (“call him/her/it!”)

enclitic form of lu; appended to polysyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


éiu

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Ma io vi dico, che chiunque guarda una donna per deſiderarla, ha già commeſſo in cuor ſuo adulterio con eſſa.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 28, page 14:

But I tell you that anyone looking at a woman to desire her, has already committed adultery in his heart.

Dunca lu megliu è

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2, Cagliari, song 15, page 87

So the best [thing] is: you think about your own peace, and I [think] about myself.

Éiu inòghi disizèndi
di vidétti i lu balchòni.
Li tó ócci risurani
cantu l’aggiu sunnïadi!

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Disipirada [Desperate]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 65:

I [am] here, wishing to see you on the balcony. Your smiling eyes, how much I have dreamed about them!

Tu no l’ammenti la casa d’isthasera,
éiu no soggu ca restha a ca si n’anda.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “La casa di li duganeri [The customs officers' house]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 163:

You don't remember tonight's house, I don't know who's staying and who's leaving.

I (first-person singular personal pronoun)


tóiu

head

tóiu (feminine singular tóia, plural toi)

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

your (second-person singular), of yours (attributively)


tóiu

tóiu m (feminine singular tóia, plural toi)


sóiu

sóiu (feminine singular sóia, plural soi)

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).

his/her/its, of his/of hers (attributively)


sóiu

sóiu m (feminine singular sóia, masculine and feminine plural soi)

sóia (feminine singular)
soi (feminine masculine plural)


-mmi

ciamà (“to call”) → ciamammi (“to call me; to call for me”)

enclitic form of mi; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative and dative forms when the object is first singular person

mi

fà (“do!”) → fammi (“do (to/for me)!”)

enclitic form of mi; appended to monosyllabic second-person singular imperative forms


-ssi

ciamà (“to call”) → ciamassi (“to call oneself; to be called or named”)

enclitic form of si; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms


meggu

From Latin mēcum, univerbation of mē (“me”) + cum (“with”). Cognate with Italian meco.


méiu

head

méiu (feminine singular méia, plural mei)

From Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

Soaviſſime ſono le ſue fauci, ed egli è tutto deſiderabile: tale è il mio Diletto, ed egli è l’amico mio, o figlie di Geruſalemme.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 16, page 14:

His mouth is most sweet, and he's completely desirable; such is my loved one, and he's my friend, o daughters of Jerusalem.

Rosa meja, lu me’ bè,
Ciamami candu sei sola.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 63, page 156:

My rose, my darling, call me when you're alone.

Ritrattu-raridai,
gran gudimèntu pa’ chisth’ócci méi,
gran vantu pa ga l’à.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu mé ritrattu in d’un “pasthellu” d’Ausóniu Tanda [My own portrait in a pastello by Ausonio Tanda]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 243:

A rarity-portrait, a great enjoyment for these eyes of mine, a great boast for whomever has it.


méiu

méiu m (feminine singular méia, plural mei)

Dovevi dunque dare il mio denaro a’ banchieri, ed al mio ritorno avrei ritirato il mio con l’intereſſe.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 27, page 104:

You had to give my money to the money-lenders. and I, coming, would have received mine, with interest.

mine; the thing belonging to me (used substantively)


ciamassi

ciamassi (infinitive)
assessi + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ciaméndisi (gerund)
esséndisi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
ciamaddu (participle past)
mi ciamu (first-person indicative present singular)
ti ciami (indicative present second-person singular)
si ciama (indicative present singular third-person)
zi ciamemmu (first-person indicative plural present)
vi ciameddi (indicative plural present second-person)
si ciàmani (indicative plural present third-person)
mi ciamaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti ciamabi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si ciamaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zi ciamàbami (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi ciamàbaddi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si ciamàbani (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi ciamaràggiu (first-person future indicative singular)
ti ciamaré (future indicative second-person singular)
si ciamarà (future indicative singular third-person)
zi ciamaremu (first-person future indicative plural)
vi ciamareddi (future indicative plural second-person)
si ciamarani (future indicative plural third-person)
future of assessi + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
mi ciamaria (conditional first-person present singular)
mi ciamaristhia (conditional first-person present singular)
ti ciamaristhi (conditional present second-person singular)
si ciamaria (conditional present singular third-person)
zi ciamarìami (conditional first-person plural present)
vi ciamarìaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
si ciamarìani (conditional plural present third-person)
mi ciàmia (conditional present singular)
ti ciami (conditional present singular)
si ciàmia (conditional present singular third-person)
zi ciàmiami (conditional first-person plural present)
vi ciàmiaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
si ciàmiani (conditional plural present third-person)
mi ciamessi (conditional imperfect singular)
ti ciamessi (conditional imperfect singular)
si ciamessi (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
zi ciaméssimi (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
vi ciaméssiddi (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
si ciaméssini (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
ciàmati (imperative second-person singular)
no ciamatti (imperative second-person singular)
si ciàmia (imperative singular third-person)
zi ciamemmu (first-person imperative plural)
ciaméddivi (imperative plural second-person)
si ciàmiani (imperative plural third-person)

Cumenti ti ciami?

What's your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)

E andesi a abbità in la ziddai, chi si ciama Nazaret

1866, chapter II, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 23, page 7:

And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth

Abali no zelcu più
Nè felti nè altri ilpassi,
Li felti, si no sei tu,
Felti no poni ciamassi

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 61, page 153:

Right now I no longer seek parties, or other leisures: parties cannot be called parties, if you're not there

A carthi pèssi diggu di ciamàmmi Lino ma d’innòmmu fòzzu Asdrubale.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

In a tight spot, I say I'm called Lino, but my name is Asdrubale.


vosthru

vosthru (feminine singular vosthra, plural vosthri)

vosthra (feminine singular)
vosthri (plural)

From Latin vostrum, accusative of voster, from earlier vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros, derived from Proto-Indo-European *wos (enclitic) (from *túh₂) + contrastive *-teros.


vosthru

vosthru m (feminine singular vosthra, plural vosthri)


eddi

eddu (masculine singular)
edda (feminine singular)

From Latin illī, illae, masculine and feminine plural forms of ille, from Old Latin olle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”).

der

Eddi però alzendi l’occi, no vidisini a nisciunu, fora chi a Gesù solu.

1866, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 8, page 66:

But they, looking up, did not see anyone, except for Jesus, alone.

Li pizzonéddi chi firizzidài
abà ch’àni lu verdhi e li fiòri!
Èddi sì chi si gòdini l’amòri
i la lùzi cun tutta libarthai.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Màggiu [May]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 81:

The little birds, such happiness, now that they have the greenery and the flowers! Now, they are enjoying love in the light, with complete freedom.

Eu la vidda l’ifrisu ed eddi l’unda
aggranfendi lu pesciu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Gabbiani [Seagulls]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 73:

I graze life and they [graze] the wave, catching the fish.

d’eddi

their, of theirs; theirs (literally, “of them”)

E Gesù mòbiddu a cumpassioni d’eddi, li tucchesi l’occi. E sùbbiddu vidisini, e lu sighisini.

1866, chapter XX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 34, page 80:

Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

pènsa a chiddi chi sò marad’avvéru
cun tant’infirmidai, préga pa èddi

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu chi mi dizi lu córi [What my heart tells me]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 217:

Think about those who are actually sick, with many illnesses, pray for them

Mi sentu cument’e eddi,
in boru di cuntinu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Gabbiani [Seagulls]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 73:

I feel like them, continuously in flight.

«Impippaddìnni…» eddu abìa tagliaddu in còrthu, «tu appizzichèggiaddi a calchuna e isthrìgnira, chì m’hani dittu chi a eddi li piazi. Intési?»

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

"Nevermind," he cut short, "you just glue yourself to one of them, and hug her, 'cause I've been told they like you. Got it?"


cun meggu

For a similar construction, compare Portuguese comigo and Spanish conmigo.

Babbu e mamma fabèddani in sassaresu cun meggu.

(literally, “Father and mother talk in Sassarese with me.”)

Ca no è cun meggu, e contra di me: e cu no ammuntona cun meggu, ilpagli.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 30, page 44:

Whoever is not with me, and [is] against me, and whoever does not gather with me, scatters.

No taldà più, molti cara,
Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu,
¶
Già chi in la luzi ciara
Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
Mòltraddi amigga cun meggu
Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 21, pages 101–102:

Please don't be late any longer, dear Death; please close my eyes. Already here, in the clear light, today I am with a blind eye. Prove yourself a friend to me until you see me buried.


nosthru

head

nosthru (feminine singular nosthra, plural nosthri)

nosthra (feminine singular)
nosthri (plural)

From Latin nostrum, accusative of noster, from Proto-Italic *nosteros, derived from Proto-Indo-European enclitic *nos (from *éǵh₂) + contrastive *-teros.

Bello veramente ſe’ tu, o mio Diletto, e pieno di grazia, il talamo noﬅro è fiorito.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 15, page 6:

You are very beautiful, o lover of mine, and graceful. Our bed is in bloom.

No v’è più cunsulazioni
Nè la notti, nè la dì,
Ma pignì, sempre pignì,
È la noltra passioni

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 30, page 117:

There is no more consolation, neither at day nor at night, but crying, always crying: it's our passion

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 5, lines 1–3:

At the middle of this life of ours, I found myself in a very dark forest, because the good way was already lost.

Li raffi di tant’anni, li durori,
cussì tènini isthrinti
l’animi nosthri […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

The marks of many years, the pains, keep our souls entwined so

E voi di la greffa, a lu sabeddi chi chisthu grambiòni in faldhètta, mancu arribiddu, s’è posthu ad aganà li femmini nosthri?

And you, of the gang: did you know this skirted swine, as soon as he arrived, started wooing our women?


nosthru

nosthru m (feminine singular nosthra, plural nosthri)

Digghia vosthè si una famiria cument’è la nósthra dubi’assé disthrutta da la manìa di cazzià di vói òmmini: digghia!

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

You tell us if a family like ours must be destroyed by this hunting frenzy of you men. You tell us!


teggu

From Latin tēcum, univerbation of tē (“you”) + cum (“with”). Cognate with Italian teco.


cun teggu

For a similar construction, compare Portuguese and Spanish contigo.

Si però no ti ilcolta, piglia ancora cun teggu unu, o dui, a tali ch’in bocca di dui, o tre tiltimogni s’iltabileggia tutta la cosa.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 16, page 70:

But if they will not listen, take one or two others with you, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.


isthasgioni

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost; station; watch; position”), derived from the verb stō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of isthazioni.

l’antigga primabéra, più cruderi
di tutti l’isthasgioni
acchì zi torra a vidda e poi z’ammazza.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

Ancient Spring, [the] cruelest of all seasons, for it takes us back to life, and then kills us.


isthazioni

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost; station; watch; position”), derived from the verb stō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of isthasgioni.


attugnu

A semi-learned borrowing — reshaped similarly to Italian autunno — from Spanish otoño, from Classical Latin autumnus, from earlier auctumnus, of uncertain further origin.

In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
pianu si n’anda

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:

In this autumn, that slowly, slowly goes away

Tébiu è ‘nde noi l’atugnu
da l’aggrumàddi nui,
da li pàmpini rui.

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “L’atugnu inde noi [Autumn around our parts]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Mild around our parts is the autumn, with massed clouds, with red vine leaves.


inverru

From Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus).

Prigheddi poi, chi no dèbiaddi fuggì d’inverru, o di sàbbaddu.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXIV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 20, page 97:

Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

Poi, pa’ tuttu lu freddu di l’inverru,
a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This year]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:

Then, in all of winter’s cold, I'll only have this thought to keep me company in the sadness

No abé timòri si torrani li nui,
eu saraggiu da abà a datti curaggiu;
vedarai: passarà chisth’althru invèrru

2010 October 2, Ignazio Sanna, “Un althru invèrru [Another winter]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Don't be afraid if clouds return; from now on, I'll be here to give you strength. You'll see: this new winter will pass


isthiu

d’isthiu

Dall’alburu di la figga apprendiddi chilta parabula: candu li so’ rami sò già tennari e ilpuntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’iltiu è vizinu

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, “Cap. XXIV”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 32, page 99:

And from the tree of the fig learn this parable: when its branches are already tender, and the leaves come out, you know that the summer is near

Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu!
L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria [Missus Annamaria's cricket]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:

What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.

E sobr’a lu taurinu unì pusaddi
tuttu l’isthiu zi semmu, so’ caggendi
abà li fogli di l’àiburi […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [Upon the table]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

And upon the table, where we've been sitting all summer, now the trees' leaves are falling

Ma l’isthiu… ah, chi beddu l’isthiu

2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:


manzanu

From Vulgar Latin *māneānum, derived from Latin māne.

E’ ſimile il regno de’ cieli ad un Padre di famiglia, il quale andò di gran mattino a pigliare a fitto de’ lavoratori per la ſua vigna.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 1, page 76:

The Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a father in a household, who left early in the morning to take workers to his vineyard.

[…] non sai dirci addio,
tornando ogni mattina
come un nuovo miracolo

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, transl., Santuaini [October], translation of Ottobre by Vincenzo Cardarelli; collected in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 59:

You [the Sun] still can't leave, nor can you say goodbye, returning each morning, new like a miracle

la dì bona si vedi lu manzanu

you can tell a good day by the morning; proverb


cand'

Apocopic form of candu, found before vowel sounds


cand'

Cand’eri
giobanedda mi pugnì
cument’e mura mura.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

When you were young, you used to prickle me like a blackberry


sobbra

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

1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 51, page 120:

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


sobbra

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

1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 25, page 118:

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


giuggà

Inherited from Latin iocārī. Compare Italian giocare.


ivvrunzià

Alternative form of ivvruncià (“to scold, reproach, tell off”)


ivvruncià

Akin to Logudorese isvrunciare (“to whip; (figuratively) to reproach”), itself likely akin to isfrunza (“rod; whip”), derived from frunza (“branch; sprout; rod”). Perhaps partially shaped by influence from Italian broncio (“sulk, pout”).


ivvrùnziu

Alternative form of ivvrùnciu (“reproach”)


meju

sdc-adj

meju (feminine singular meja, masculine and feminine plural mei)

meja (feminine singular)
mei (feminine masculine plural)


meju

head

meju m (feminine singular meja, masculine and feminine plural mei)


abari

Alternative form of abà
now, right away, at once


abà

From earlier abari, abali, from an adverbial use of Classical Latin aequālis (“equal; comparable; coeval”). Compare Old Italian avale, aguale (“now”).

inh

Abà chi sei buradda, giubintura, / senz’assemmi assazzaddu, in un lamentu / iscumenza lu cantu e cun tristhura…

1926 November, Gildo Motroni, Giubintura [Youth]:

Now that you've flown away—o youth—without having satisfied myself, the song begins in a lament, and with sadness...

Abà ch'è ischurighendi, / e l’ócci di lu sòri s’è cuadu / in fond’a l’aribari, / mi posu aizaréddu / inòghi i l’utturinu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Abà ch'è ischurighendi [Now that it's getting dark]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 347:

Now that it's getting dark, and the sun's eye has hidden itself at the end of the olive grove, I'll sit down for a bit, here on the path.


abagnériu

From Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).


abbalchunà

abbalchunà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abbalchunendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
abbalchunaddu (participle past)
abbalchunu (present singular)
abbalchuni (present second-person singular)
abbalchuna (present singular third-person)
abbalchunemmu (first-person plural present)
abbalchuneddi (plural present second-person)
abbalchùnani (plural present third-person)
abbalchunaba (imperfect singular)
abbalchunabu (imperfect singular)
abbalchunabi (imperfect second-person singular)
abbalchunaba (imperfect singular third-person)
abbalchunàbami (first-person imperfect plural)
abbalchunàbaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
abbalchunàbani (imperfect plural third-person)
abbalchunesi (historic past singular)
abbalchunesi (historic past second-person singular)
abbalchunesi (historic past singular third-person)
abbalchunésimi (first-person historic past plural)
abbalchunésiddi (historic past plural second-person)
abbalchunésini (historic past plural third-person)
abbalchunaràggiu (future singular)
abbalchunaré (future second-person singular)
abbalchunarà (future singular third-person)
abbalchunaremu (first-person future plural)
abbalchunareddi (future plural second-person)
abbalchunarani (future plural third-person)
future indicative of abé + a abbalchunà (future)
future indicative of abé + a abbalchunà (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a abbalchunà (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
abbalchunarìsthia (present singular)
abbalchunaria (present singular)
abbalchunaristhi (present second-person singular)
abbalchunarì (present second-person singular)
abbalchunarìsthia (present singular third-person)
abbalchunaria (present singular third-person)
abbalchunarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
abbalchunarìami (first-person plural present)
abbalchunarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
abbalchunarìaddi (plural present second-person)
abbalchunarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
abbalchunarìani (plural present third-person)
abbalchùnia (present singular)
abbalchuni (present singular)
abbalchùnia (present singular third-person)
abbalchùniami (first-person plural present)
abbalchùniaddi (plural present second-person)
abbalchùniani (plural present third-person)
abbalchunessi (imperfect singular)
abbalchunessi (imperfect singular third-person)
abbalchunéssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
abbalchunéssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
abbalchunéssini (imperfect plural third-person)
abbalchuna (imperative second-person singular)
no abbalchunà (imperative second-person singular)
abbalchùnia (imperative singular third-person)
abbalchunemmu (first-person imperative plural)
abbalchuneddi (imperative plural second-person)
abbalchùniani (imperative plural third-person)

Likely from Catalan abalconar, or derived from Spanish abalconado.

(intransitive) to show oneself from a window


abalchunà

abalchunà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abalchunendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
abalchunaddu (participle past)
abalchunu (present singular)
abalchuni (present second-person singular)
abalchuna (present singular third-person)
abalchunemmu (first-person plural present)
abalchuneddi (plural present second-person)
abalchùnani (plural present third-person)
abalchunaba (imperfect singular)
abalchunabu (imperfect singular)
abalchunabi (imperfect second-person singular)
abalchunaba (imperfect singular third-person)
abalchunàbami (first-person imperfect plural)
abalchunàbaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
abalchunàbani (imperfect plural third-person)
abalchunesi (historic past singular)
abalchunesi (historic past second-person singular)
abalchunesi (historic past singular third-person)
abalchunésimi (first-person historic past plural)
abalchunésiddi (historic past plural second-person)
abalchunésini (historic past plural third-person)
abalchunaràggiu (future singular)
abalchunaré (future second-person singular)
abalchunarà (future singular third-person)
abalchunaremu (first-person future plural)
abalchunareddi (future plural second-person)
abalchunarani (future plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a abalchunà (future)
present indicative of abé + a abalchunà (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a abalchunà (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a abalchunà (future)
future indicative of abé + a abalchunà (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a abalchunà (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
abalchunarìsthia (present singular)
abalchunaria (present singular)
abalchunaristhi (present second-person singular)
abalchunarì (present second-person singular)
abalchunarìsthia (present singular third-person)
abalchunaria (present singular third-person)
abalchunarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
abalchunarìami (first-person plural present)
abalchunarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
abalchunarìaddi (plural present second-person)
abalchunarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
abalchunarìani (plural present third-person)
abalchùnia (present singular)
abalchuni (present singular)
abalchùnia (present singular third-person)
abalchùniami (first-person plural present)
abalchùniaddi (plural present second-person)
abalchùniani (plural present third-person)
abalchunessi (imperfect singular)
abalchunessi (imperfect singular third-person)
abalchunéssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
abalchunéssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
abalchunéssini (imperfect plural third-person)
abalchuna (imperative second-person singular)
no abalchunà (imperative second-person singular)
abalchùnia (imperative singular third-person)
abalchunemmu (first-person imperative plural)
abalchuneddi (imperative plural second-person)
abalchùniani (imperative plural third-person)


vuré bè

From Classical Latin bene volō. Literally, “to want well”.

Si una dì mi vuoi bè,
In altra muddi d'alpettu,
No soggu si m'hai in pettu,
No soggu si pensi a me.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Lorenzo Dussoni, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 58, page 149:

One day you love me, and you change the next one. I don't know if I'm in your heart; I don't know if you think of me.

Candu ti sei abizada
chi vuria bè a Rusina,
e la tó masthiganzina
éra faìna gittada […]

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Agnireddu and Rusina]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 69:

When you realized that I loved Rosina, and [that] your initiative was a wasted effort […]

È la vidda chi dori,
lu passaddu, no tu
ch’aggiu vuruddu bè
cand’eri giobanedda e abà t’incontru
fèmmina fatta

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Diario [Diary]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 85:

It's life that hurts; the past. Not you, whom I had loved when you were young, and now I meet as a grown woman

cuniscendi bè la passioni no sempri ricciambadda chi eddu abìa pa’ chissa terra, mai abarìa daddu un dipiazzéri di chissa fatta all’ommu chi vuria assai be’

Knowing well the passion—not always reciprocated—he had for that land, she never would've disappointed the man she so loved like that.

(transitive or intransitive) to love (both romantically and non-romantically) [transitive or with a ‘someone’]


vuré

head

vuré (first-person singular present vógliu, past participle vuruddu, auxiliary abé)

vógliu (first-person present singular)
vuruddu (participle past)
abé (auxiliary)

From earlier vulé, from Vulgar Latin voleō, volēre, 2ⁿᵈ-conjugation regularized form of Classical Latin volō, from Proto-Italic *welō, Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-e-ti, derived from the root *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”).

Pogga genti l’ischampa, ma calchunu
ribulthureggia l’órdhini e ridesci
a passà l’àidu, e ca vuria dibenta.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “La casa a mari [The beach house]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 159:

Few people escape it, but some uproot the order, and manage to cross the threshold, and become what they wanted.

+obj

dirobj<something>/:chi(sub-cl)<for something to happen>

direct object ‘something’ chi (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for something to happen’

(transitive) to want, to wish for, to desire [with direct object ‘something’ or chi (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for something to happen’]

(in the conditional) would like [with direct object ‘something’ or chi (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for something to happen’]

to want, to wish for, to desire
would like

dabói più di mill’anni d’abagneriu
lu cori nosthru ha vuruddu ipaccà
l’althru cori ch’ipaccaddu abia lu toiu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 195:

After more than a thousand years of Gospel, our heart wanted to crack open the other heart that had cracked open yours.

lu parracu chi no m’abìa vuruddu battisgià e chi si dizi ancór’abà fùssia un imbriaggòni

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

the priest who didn't want to baptize me, and who is—to this day—still rumored to have been a drunkard

(catenative) to want [with infinitive ‘to do something’]

Eu vuraria signatti,
e prima di zidì, chissu caminu
chi cussì poggu dura
cantu l’isciuma o pigia de lu mari.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “La casa a mari [The beach house]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 157:

I’d like to teach you, before I give up, about this path, that lasts so little, as much as the foam or the small waves of the sea.

(catenative, in the conditional) would like [with infinitive ‘to do something’]


umbè

[…] la casa
véccia chi trimurendi è pa’ lu ventu
e chi m’è cara acchì v’aggiu ipiraddu,
calche volta gududdu, umbè sufferthu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu vedru a pezzi [The shattered glass]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 39:

The old house, which trembles under the wind, and is dear to me, since inside of it I have hoped, sometimes found enjoyment, suffered a lot.


umbè

Erani amigghi cari, ma, girosi
l’unu di l’althru, a fassi marabiglia,
s’invintàbani umbè d’innamuraddi
gariggendi a ca più fèmmini v’abìa.

They were close friends, but—being jealous of each other—in order to surprise each other, they would make up lots of lovers, to see who could have the most women.


abali

Abali no zelcu più
Nè felti nè altri ilpassi

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 61, page 153:

Now I no longer seek parties, or other leisures

(obsolete except dialectal) Alternative form of abà


àimma

From Classical Latin arma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


peddra

(dialectal) Alternative form of predda (“stone”)


àilma

(dialectal) Alternative form of àimma (“weapon”)


crogi

(dialectal) Alternative form of crozi (“cross”)


predda

From a metathesis of Classical Latin petra, borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra), of unknown further etymology.

(uncountable) a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks


chirigga

Alternative form of cherigga (“tonsure”)


cherigga

From Early Medieval Latin clērica, noun use of an ellipsis of Ecclesiastical Latin clērica tōnsiō (“clerical tonsure”).


dezi

Inherited from Classical Latin decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Italian dieci, Gallurese deci, Sardinian deghe, and Ligurian dêxe.


crozi

Inherited from Classical Latin crux, crucem, from Proto-Italic *kruks or *krukis, of unknown further origin.

inh+

E ca no piglia la so’ crozi, e mi sighi, no è dignu di me.

1866, Giovanni Spano, chapter X, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), London, verse 38, page 37:

And whoever doesn't take his own cross, and follow me, is not worthy of me.


zentu

Inherited from Classical Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Chi vi ni pari? Si unu ha zentu peguri, e una di chilti si peldi: forsi no lassa eddu li nobantanobi sobra li monti, e anda a zilcà chidda, chi s’è pessa?

1866, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 12, page 70:

What do you think? If one has a hundred sheep, and of them gets lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go look for the lost one?


occhji

(dialectal, anatomy) Alternative form of occi (“eye”)


frebba

head

frebba f (plural frebbi, diminutive frebbaredda, augmentative frebboni)

frebbi (plural)
frebbaredda (diminutive)
frebboni (augmentative)

Inherited from Classical Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).


abaunzà

Uncertain. Compare Logudorese abbunzare.

(transitive, literally and figuratively) to soil, to dirty, to sully


abaunzu

Deverbal from abaunzà (“to soil, to dirty”)


lesthru

sdc-adj

lesthru (feminine singular lesthra, masculine and feminine plural lesthri)

lesthra (feminine singular)
lesthri (feminine masculine plural)

Uncertain. Perhaps akin to Catalan llest, Italian and Portuguese lesto, Spanish listo. Compare Logudorese lestru.


dresthu

dresthu (feminine singular drestha, masculine and feminine plural dresthi)

drestha (feminine singular)
dresthi (feminine masculine plural)

From a metathesis of Classical Latin dextrum, dexterum, accusative of dexter, from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terós, derived from the root *deḱs- (“right (side)”).


ilprina

(dialectal) Alternative form of ippina (“thorn”)


ippina

From Classical Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, derived from the root *spey- (“long; thin; sharp”).


festha

From Late Latin festa, alternative form of fēsta, derived from Classical Latin fēstum (“holiday; banquet”), from Proto-Italic *fēstos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-to-s, derived from the root *dʰéh₁s (“deity; sacred place”).

der

Ma diziani: No in dì, di felta, palchì no suzzedia ribuluzioni in lu pobbulu.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 5, page 107:

But they were saying: "Not in a day of celebration, so that there's no tumult among the people.

Pal me non v’è più felta,
La me’ felta è lu dolu e sulpirà

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 68:

There's no more celebration for me; my celebration is the sorrow and sighing


grisimà

Alternative form of grisgimà (“to confirm (Christianity)”)


grisgimà

grisgima (“confirmation (Christianity)”) + -à (“-ate”, verb-forming suffix)

af

(Christianity, transitive) to confirm (administer the sacrament of confirmation on)


lepparu

E li lèpari? Ahi, li cozzaréddi!
Cu l’isthradòni, li fari abbaglianti,
cun tanti cazzadòri nubitóri
mi li sarudi[…]

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Cazza gróssa i la Nurra, adiu adiu! [Big hunt in the Nurra, goodbye, goodbye!]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 221:

And what about the hares? Oh, the poor things! With the roads, [with] the high-beam headlights, with so many amateur hunters, you can just kiss them goodbye

E no fabéddu sóru pa’ noi lèppari! Vi so’ puru parènti nosthri… Li cunigliuri, si puru no zi pudìmmu arrampanà assai…

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

And I'm not just speaking for us hares! There are also relatives of ours… Rabbits, even though we can't really stand each other…


grisgima

Inherited from Late Latin chrīsma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, “anointing, unction”), derived from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “I smear with; I anoint”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear; to paint; to streak”).


antiggu

sdc-adj

antiggu (feminine singular antigga, masculine and feminine plural antigghi)

antigga (feminine singular)
antigghi (feminine masculine plural)

PIE word
 *h₂énti
From Classical Latin antiquus, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s (literally “facing the front”)

inh

L’amizizi sinzeri
Sonni so di l’antigghi o falsi iltorj

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 15, page 89:

Genuine friendships are dreams of the ancient—or false—stories

Abà ch’è giunta Pascha,
un mutt’antigu m’è turrad’a mènti

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu pani fatt’in casa [Home-made bread]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 137:

Now that Easter has come, an old saying has come to my mind.

Niente più mi somiglia,
nulla più mi consola,
[…]
di questo vecchio sole ottobrino
che splende sulle vigne saccheggiate.

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, transl., Santuaini [October], translation of Ottobre by Vincenzo Cardarelli; collected in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 59:

Nothing resembles me more, nothing comforts me more than this ancient, shining sun over the bare, thoroughly ransacked vineyards.


antiggu

Abeddi intesu, ch’ è iltaddu dittu all’ antigghi: No ammazzà: ca però ammazzarà, sarà reu di giudiziu.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 21, page 14:

You heard that it was said to the ancients "Do not murder; however, whoever murders will be in danger of judgement."

La genti ancora ammazzi cumenti l’ammazzabani
l’antigghi e l’animari chi ti vidìani
pa’ la prima voltha. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L’ommu d’oggindì [Man nowadays]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 189:

You still kill people like the ancients, and the animals meeting you for the first time, used to kill them.

(in the plural) ancients (people of the distant past)


zeppu

Inherited from Classical Latin cippus, of uncertain further origin.


zeppu

sdc-adj

zeppu (feminine singular zeppa, masculine and feminine plural zeppi)

zeppa (feminine singular)
zeppi (feminine masculine plural)


umaniddai

PIE word
 *dʰéǵʰōm
Borrowed from Classical Latin hūmānitās, hūmānitātem, derived from hūmānus (“human”).

Zibiri è, assabuda,
piena d’umanidai

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Un pézzu di Sassari nóba [A piece of the new Sassari]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 191:

It [Sassari] is civil, wise, full of humanity


dreltu

dreltu (feminine singular drelta, masculine and feminine plural drelti)

drelta (feminine singular)
drelti (feminine masculine plural)


abbà

PIE word
 *h₂ékʷeh₂
Borrowed from Sardinian abbare, from Classical Latin aquārī, infinitive of aquor (“I bring water; I am watered”), derived from aqua (“water”).

(transitive) to water (pour water into the soil surrounding (plants))

(transitive, archaic) to water (provide (animals) with water for drinking)


abarabà

From earlier abalabà, from a univerbation of abal'abà (literally “now now”).

tantu, abarabà! La meccanica è guastha e di cussì rimani!

2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Well, [there's no point] now! The mechanism is out of order, and that's how it's going to stay!


abalabà

Univerbation of abal'abà, literally “now now”.

univerbation

Signori, la me’ figliola abalabà è molta: ma veni, poni la to’ manu sobbra edda, e vibarà.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 30:

Lord, my daughter has just died. But come, place your hand upon her, and she will live.

(obsolete except dialectal) Alternative form of abarabà (“just now; right away”)


ghisaddu

Borrowed from Spanish guisado (“stew”), past participle of guisar (“to stew”).

(uncountable) a meat stew with tomato sauce


abbàddiga

Likely borrowed from Sardinian. Compare Logudorese abbàdiga (“a part of a garden reserved for growing melons”), from Classical Latin aquātica (“water (attributive), aquatic”).


abbaggià

Likely borrowed from Italian abbaiare, of onomatopoeic origin.

(intransitive) to bark (make a loud noise)


avalavà

(dialectal) Alternative form of abarabà (“just now; right away”)


abbaiddà

Borrowed from Logudorese abbaidare, from Old Italian agguaitare, aguaitare, from Old French aguaitier, agaitier (“to watch, survey, keep watch”), derived from gaitier (“to watch, survey”). Compare Gallurese abbaità.

(transitive, intransitive) to watch, look


toju

head

toju (feminine singular toja, plural toi)

Alternative spelling of tóiu (“your, of yours”)


toju

toju m (feminine singular toja, plural toi)


edd'

Nò tigni lu Signòri / nò, l’isthelli di lu zéru, / sèmpr’in tuttu èdd’è sinzéru / i l’amòri e i lu duròri.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Pa l’isthrinti [Through the streets]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 72:

No, the Lord does not paint the stars in the sky; he’s always honest in everything, in love and in sorrow.