anticu

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin antiquus. Cognates include Italian antico and French antique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ãnˈtiku/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧cu

Adjective

anticu (feminine antica, masculine plural antiche, feminine plural antichi)

  1. ancient
  2. antique
  3. former
    • 2019, Zosimov Premudroslovsky StaVl, Mutanti Sovetti: Fantasia divertente, →ISBN:
      Luntanu, luntanu à a fruntiera di l'antica URSS (avà Kazakistan) è a Cina, in u sudeste di a regione Semipalatinsk, vicinu à a cità de Ayaguz, traduttu cum'è "Oh toro", ci era un terrenu di teste nucleare cù una atmosfera radioattiva infettata ottenuta da a negligenza di i schientifichi in opera.
      Far, far away on the border of the former USSR (now Kazakhstan) and China, in the southeast of the region Semipalatinsk, next to the city of Ayaguz, translated as "Oh toro", there was a terrain of nuclear testing with an infected radioactive atmosphere obtained due to the negligence of the scientists in operation.

References

  • “anticu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Gallurese

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*h₂énti

From Classical Latin antiquus, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s (literally “facing the front”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

anticu (feminine singular antica, masculine and feminine plural antichi)

  1. ancient, old

References

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin antiquus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ˈti.ku/,
  • Hyphenation: an‧tì‧cu

Adjective

anticu (feminine singular antica, masculine and feminine plural antichi)

  1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
    Notu 'ntica.
    Ancient Noto
  2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
    Nu scritturi anticu.
    An ancient writer.
    U mpiru anticu.
    An ancient empire.
  3. (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the contemporary living human beings in a given society.

Derived terms

Noun

anticu m (plural antichi)

  1. (mainly at plural) The ancient ones, the ancestors, forefathers
    Synonym: ascinnenti
    Comu fìciru ântichi.
    As the ancients did.

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