nieddu

From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”).

nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine and feminine plural nieddi)

1. black

nieddu m (plural nieddi)

1. (uncountable) black (color)

• IPA^(key): /niˈeɖɖu/

nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine plural nieddos, feminine plural nieddas)

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) Alternative form of nigheddu

nieddu m (uncountable)

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) Alternative form of nigheddu

From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”).

• IPA^(key): /niˈeɖɖu/

nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine and feminine plural nieddi)

1. black
   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅴ [Chapter 5]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 36, page 16:

     Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.

     And you will not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [On the Table]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

     […] È nieddu che la notti
     lu me’ pientu ma cuaddu si rimani
     a l’althri e a me matessi.

     My crying is as black as night, but it remains hidden to others and myself.

nieddu m (plural nieddi)

1. (uncountable) black (color)

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