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Sicilian
- âmareḍḍi (Proclisis of the singular feminine definite article a)
- amareddi (Eye dialect)
Etymology
From an unattested Vulgar Latin *amārelli, from amārus (“bitter”) + -ellus (“suffix added to an adjective forming a diminutive of that adjective”). Possibly by contamination of Ancient Greek μαρούλιον (maroúlion, a kind of lettuce), which is derived itself from an earlier *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.maˈɾɛɖ.ɖi/ (Standard)
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧rè‧ḍḍi
Noun
amareḍḍi
- Hirschfeldia incana; Mediterranean mustard