ziddai

Sassarese

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡siɖˈɖai/

Noun

ziddai f (invariable)

city, town
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A Tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri (in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:
  Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori ¶ diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba ¶ ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.
  About the native town, and its delicate heart, a mother remembers it was as green and full of flowers like a garden.

Related terms

zittadinu
zittadinànzia

References

Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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