spada
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.
References
- “spada” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Noun
spada
- sword
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
- Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,
- I have not found a sword that would cut me,
Italian
Alternative forms
- ispada (archaic)
Etymology
From earlier spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspa.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: spà‧da
Audio (file)
Related terms
- pesce spada
- spadaccino
- spadaio
- spadiforme
- spadista
- spadone
Further reading
- spada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspa.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: spa‧da
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spâːda/
- Hyphenation: spȃ‧da
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