Sardinia
English
Satellite view of the Italian island Sardinia.
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file) - Hyphenation: Sar‧din‧ia
Proper noun
Sardinia
- An island in the Mediterranean, and a region of Italy.
- A town in New York.
- A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
Derived terms
Translations
island of Italy
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References
- The Cambridge Ancient History →ISBN, page 369: "In the earliest Phoenician inscription found in Sardinia, that from Nora, probably of the ninth century B.C., although it is incomplete, the name of the island appears as Shardan (be-shardan), [...]"
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑrdiniɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑrdiˌniɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Sar‧di‧ni‧a
Declension
| Inflection of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sardinia | — | |
| genitive | Sardinian | — | |
| partitive | Sardiniaa | — | |
| illative | Sardiniaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Sardinia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Sardinia | — |
| gen. | Sardinian | ||
| genitive | Sardinian | — | |
| partitive | Sardiniaa | — | |
| inessive | Sardiniassa | — | |
| elative | Sardiniasta | — | |
| illative | Sardiniaan | — | |
| adessive | Sardinialla | — | |
| ablative | Sardinialta | — | |
| allative | Sardinialle | — | |
| essive | Sardiniana | — | |
| translative | Sardiniaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Sardiniatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Sardinia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Sardiniani | Sardiniamme |
| 2nd person | Sardiniasi | Sardinianne |
| 3rd person | Sardiniansa | |
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sardinia |
| Genitive | Sardiniae |
| Dative | Sardiniae |
| Accusative | Sardiniam |
| Ablative | Sardiniā |
| Vocative | Sardinia |
| Locative | Sardiniae |
Related terms
- Sardī
- Sardiniānus
- Sardiniensis
- Sardonius
- Sardōus
- Sardus
Descendants
References
- “Sardinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Nynorsk
Romanian
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