sardus

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate language *sard, *shard, connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana Sea People.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sardus (feminine sarda, neuter sardum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Sardinian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sardus sarda sardum sardī sardae sarda
Genitive sardī sardae sardī sardōrum sardārum sardōrum
Dative sardō sardō sardīs
Accusative sardum sardam sardum sardōs sardās sarda
Ablative sardō sardā sardō sardīs
Vocative sarde sarda sardum sardī sardae sarda

Descendants
  • Catalan: sard
  • French: sarde
  • Galician: sardo
  • Italian: sardo
  • Romanian: sard
  • Portuguese: sardo
  • Sardinian: Sardu
  • Sicilian: sardu
  • Spanish: sardo

References
  • “sardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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