zarza

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

zarza

  1. inflection of zarz:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sarza, itself from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Old Basque çarci (modern sasi). Alternatively, from Arabic شِرْس (širs, “shrub with thorns”), from the root ش ر س (š-r-s) related to “harshness”, “wildness”, “ill-nature”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɾθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsaɾsa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾθa
  • Rhymes: -aɾsa
  • Syllabification: zar‧za

Noun

zarza f (plural zarzas)

  1. blackberry bush
    Synonyms: zarzamora, (obsolete) rubo
  2. bramble (thorny shrub)
    Synonym: (obsolete) rubo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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