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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian sagru.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sagru (feminine singular sagra, plural sagri)
- sacred, holy
- Synonym: mqaddes
Related terms
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sacer, sacrum. Compare Italian sacro.
Adjective
sagru (feminine singular sagra, masculine and feminine plural sagri)
- sacred, holy
- Synonyms: santu, binidittu
Descendants
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “sagru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3542
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “sagru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 317