gresima

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Gallurese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin chrīsma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă, “anointin, unction”), derived from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “I smear with; I anoint”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear; to paint; to streak”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gresima f (plural gresimi)

  1. (Christianity) confirmation

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN
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