làdiu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • làriu, lariu (rhoticized)
  • làidu (iotic re-replacement)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Old French lait, leit (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”) (or from a sonorized Old Norman laid (“ugly”)), of Germanic origin, through the Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), from Low Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”) from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”). Cognate with Italian laido.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.di.u/, [ˈla.dɪ.ʊ], [ˈla.ɾɪ.ʊ], [-ɪw], [-jʊ]
  • Rhymes: -adiu
  • Hyphenation: là‧di‧u

Adjective

làdiu (feminine singular làdia, masculine and feminine plural làdii)

  1. ugly
  2. wretched

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