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Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lixīvia, from lixīvus. Compare Italian liscivia.
Noun
liscìa f (uncountable)
- lye
pèrdiri l'affannu e la liscìa- to strain oneself in vain
- (literally, “to lose breathlessness and lye”)
c. 1321–37, Accurso di Cremona, Libru di Valeriu Maximu, L. 2, chapter 1, volume 1, page 53, line 32:Et a chò que lur belliza fussi plù semelianti a lu cisnu, illi se imblundianu li capilli cun lissia factata di ciniri acunza a fari chò.- And in order to make their beauty more similar to a swan, they blondened their hair with lye prepared with ash, appropriate to do such thing .
Descendants
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “liscìa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2273
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “liscìa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 45