chi

From a conflation of Latin quia, quod, and other conjunctions.

Chi festha!

Used in exclamations to indicate something remarkable; some, what a


grogu

sdc-adj

grogu (feminine singular groga, masculine and feminine plural groghi)

groga (feminine singular)
groghi (feminine masculine plural)

Possibly borrowed from Catalan groc, from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).


canti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


murru

sdc-adj

murru (feminine singular murra, masculine and feminine plural murri)

murra (feminine singular)
murri (feminine masculine plural)


bonu

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

bona (feminine singular)
boni (feminine masculine plural)

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Doublet of beni, bè.

Allora ſi accoﬅò a lui un tale, e gli diſſe: Maeﬅro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XIX, 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 75:

And there was one, who came up to him, and said to him: "Good master, what good will I do to obtain eternal life?

acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral

Diſſegli il padrone: bene ﬅa, ſervo buono e fedele, perchè ſei ﬅato fedele nel poco, ti farò padrone del molto

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VII, 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 23:

His master said to him: "Well done, good and loyal servant; because you have been loyal in scarcity, I will make you master of abundance

Non può un buon albero far frutti cattivi, nè un albero cattivo far frutti buoni.

A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor can a bad tree produce good fruits.

«Mih una cósa bòna c’ai dittu! Pa’ piazéri no ni fabiddà e cagliaddi muddu. No è chi ti pigli trópp’ampramanu?»

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:

"Well, you finally said something right! Please stop talking, and shut up. Maybe you're taking too many liberties?"

«Mah! Bòna drummidda, allóra!» fazi eddu e s’alluntana suipirèndi.

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

"Oh well! Have a good sleep, then!" he says, and goes away sighing.

ma guai a quell’ uomo per cui il Figliuolo dell’ uomo ſarà tradito : era bene per lui, che non foſſe mai nato quell’ uomo.

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 24, page 109:

But woe unto that man by which the Son of man will be betrayed: [it would] be good for him if that man had never been born.

Bona notti la paddrona!
Una nutizia bona
Li femu sabbé ilta notti.

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 29, page 116:

Goodnight to the mistress! Tonight, we're telling her some good news.

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.


sassaresu

head

sassaresu (feminine sassaresa, masculine and feminine plural sassaresi)

sassaresa (feminine)
sassaresi (feminine masculine plural)


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:


tataresu

head

tataresu (feminine tataresa, masculine and feminine plural tataresi)

tataresa (feminine)
tataresi (feminine masculine plural)


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”)


nieddu

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

niedda (feminine singular)
nieddi (feminine masculine plural)

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:

[…] 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.


asulu

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.


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.


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.


grìgiu

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.


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.


ischoràsthiggu

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


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”).


gadduresu

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

gadduresa (feminine singular)
gadduresi (feminine masculine plural)


ischoràsthigghi

masculine/feminine plural of ischoràsthiggu


meju

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

meja (feminine singular)
mei (feminine masculine plural)


lesthru

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)”).


antiggu

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.


zeppu

sdc-adj

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

zeppa (feminine singular)
zeppi (feminine masculine plural)


dreltu

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

drelta (feminine singular)
drelti (feminine masculine plural)


isthintinesu

isthintinesu (feminine singular isthintinesa, masculine and feminine plural isthintinesi)

isthintinesa (feminine singular)
isthintinesi (feminine masculine plural)

Isthintini (“Stintino”) + -esu (“-ese, of a particular place”)


cirèsthrinu

sdc-adj

cirèsthrinu (feminine singular cirèsthrina, masculine and feminine plural cirèsthrini)

cirèsthrina (feminine singular)
cirèsthrini (feminine masculine plural)

Probably from Old Italian cilestrino, derived from cilestro (which likely influenced the change in stress position).

Un’arietta frèsca,
lu zéru cirèsthrinu
cun calchi nui andèndi

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Sóru sóru a Santu Prédu [All alone in Saint Peter]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 179:

A fresh breeze, the azure sky with a few moving clouds


ippìcciu

ippìcciu (feminine singular ippìccia, masculine and feminine plural ippicci)

ippìccia (feminine singular)
ippicci (feminine masculine plural)

Perhaps from Italian spiccio (“quick; abrupt, brusque, brisk”), deverbal from spicciare (“to rush through”).