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Sassarese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Classical Latin Francia (“land of the Franks, Francia”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Franzischu m
- a male given name from Medieval Latin, equivalent to Logudorese Frantziscu, Italian Francesco, Spanish Francisco, or French François
1957, Salvator Ruju, “Santu Franzischu di la funtana [Saint Francis of the fountain]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 246:Santu Franzischu, candu carasòri
ed è l’Avemaria
e prégu, a me mi pari
chi i l’èba di la bazza
vi sia la lùzi bèdda di lu zéru.- Saint Francis, when it's sunset, and it's the Angelus, and I'm praying, it seems to me the beautiful light of the sky is in the water of the basin.
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes