eddu

Corsican

Pronoun

eddu

  1. Alternative form of ellu

References

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin illum, accusative of ille, from Old Latin olle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (beyond; other).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɖɖu/

Pronoun

eddu m (feminine singular edda, masculine and feminine plural eddi)

  1. he
    • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅥ [Chapter 16]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese, London, section 20, page 64:
      Allora cumandesi a li so’ discipuli, chi no dizissini a nisciunu, chi eddu era Gesù Criltu.
      Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was Jesus Christ.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Li santi di la bidda meia [The Saints of My Town]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 81:
      Santu Marthinu bastha a fantumallu
      ch’eddu t’arregga puru la furthuna
      e ti fazi vibì di bona luna.
      Saint Martin: it's enough to name him, and he also brings you luck, and makes you live with a good moon.
  2. him
    • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅱ [Chapter 2]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese, London, section 3, page 4:
      Intendendi chiltu lu re Erodi, si è tulbaddu, e tutta Gerusalem cun eddu.
      When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L'ulthima [The Last One]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 43:
      In tutti li maneri
      mi soggu cumpurthaddu,
      si maramenti o bè no soggu dillu
      e soru Gesù Cristhu pó sabellu
      o forsi nemmancu eddu. []
      I've behaved in every way. If bad or good, I can't say, and only Jesus Christ can know it, or maybe not even him.

See also

References

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