inverru

Sassarese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *hīnvernum, from a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus), from hībernus (“wintry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“winter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /inˈverru/

Noun

inverru m (plural inverri)

  1. winter (season)
    • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅩⅣ [Chapter 24]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 20, page 97:
      Prigheddi poi, chi no dèbiaddi fuggì d’inverru, o di sàbbaddu.
      Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This Year]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:
      Poi, pa’ tuttu lu freddu di l’inverru,
      a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
      soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu
      Then, in all of winter’s cold, I'll only have this thought to keep me company in the sadness

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

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