isthiu

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Sassarese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estío.

Pronunciation

Noun

isthiu m (plural isthii)

  1. summer (season)
    Synonym: isthaddiari
    d’isthiu ― of summer, summer (attributive)
    • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, “Cap. XXIV”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju‎, London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 32, page 99:
      Dall’alburu di la figga apprendiddi chilta parabula: candu li so’ rami sò già tennari e ilpuntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’iltiu è vizinu
      [Dall’àiburu di la figga apprendiddi chistha paràbula: candu li so’ rami sò già tènnari e ippùntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’isthiu è vizinu]
      And from the tree of the fig learn this parable: when its branches are already tender, and the leaves come out, you know that the summer is near
    • 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria”, in Sassari véccia e nóba; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:
      Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu!
      L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.
      What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:
      E sobr’a lu taurinu unì pusaddi
      tuttu l’isthiu zi semmu, so’ caggendi
      abà li fogli di l’àiburi […]
      And upon the table, where we've been sitting all summer, now the trees' leaves are falling
    • 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
      Ma l’isthiu… ah, chi beddu l’isthiu
      But the summer—oh, how great summer is!

See also

Seasons in Sassarese · isthasgioni (layout · text) · category
primmabera, branu (“spring”) isthaddiari, isthiu (“summer”) attugnu (“autumn”) inverru (“winter”)

References

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