soccu

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dialectal desonorized variant of zoccu, from Vulgar Latin *(e)cc(e) hoc, from ecce (“here!”) +‎ hoc (“this”). Compare Italian ciò.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔk.ku/
  • Rhymes: -occu
  • Hyphenation: sòc‧cu
  • This word triggers syntactic gemination. Hence soccu vota (“sometimes”) is traditionally pronounced /ˈsɔk.kʊ‿bˈbɔta/.

Determiner

soccu (singular only, invariable)

  1. some, any
    Soccu vota cci jemu. ― Sometimes we will go there.

Usage notes

Soccu precedes the noun and is invariant for gender and number. The noun is always singular, even though the sense is usually plural:

Ti pozzu addumannari soccu cosa? ― Can I ask you some questions?

Derived terms

Pronoun

soccu (invariable)

  1. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
    Soccu voi?
    What do you want?
    Addumànnaci soccu vonu.
    Ask them what they want.
  2. (fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
    Iḍḍu sapi soccu voli
    He knows what he wants.
  3. (fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.
    Fazzu soccu pozzu p'ajutàriti.
    I will do what I can to help you.
    Soccu è meu è tou
    What is mine is yours.

Adverb

soccu

  1. some, about
    Synonym: circa
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