Sardinia

See also: Sardinía, Sardínia, and sardinia

English

Satellite view of the Italian island Sardinia.

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Sar‧din‧ia

Proper noun

Sardinia

  1. An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
  2. A town in New York.
  3. A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
  4. An unincorporated community in Indiana.

Meronyms

island and administrative region of Italy

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. The Cambridge Ancient History →ISBN, page 369: "In the earliest Phoenician inscription found in Sardinia, that from Nora, probably of the ninth century B.C., although it is incomplete, the name of the island appears as Shardan (be-shardan), [...]"

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Sardinia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑrdiniɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rdiˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Sar‧di‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Sardinia

  1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Inflection of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Sardinia
genitive Sardinian
partitive Sardiniaa
illative Sardiniaan
singular plural
nominative Sardinia
accusative nom. Sardinia
gen. Sardinian
genitive Sardinian
partitive Sardiniaa
inessive Sardiniassa
elative Sardiniasta
illative Sardiniaan
adessive Sardinialla
ablative Sardinialta
allative Sardinialle
essive Sardiniana
translative Sardiniaksi
abessive Sardiniatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sardinia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sardiniani
accusative nom. Sardiniani
gen. Sardiniani
genitive Sardiniani
partitive Sardiniaani
inessive Sardiniassani
elative Sardiniastani
illative Sardiniaani
adessive Sardiniallani
ablative Sardinialtani
allative Sardinialleni
essive Sardinianani
translative Sardiniakseni
abessive Sardiniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sardiniasi
accusative nom. Sardiniasi
gen. Sardiniasi
genitive Sardiniasi
partitive Sardiniaasi
inessive Sardiniassasi
elative Sardiniastasi
illative Sardiniaasi
adessive Sardiniallasi
ablative Sardinialtasi
allative Sardiniallesi
essive Sardinianasi
translative Sardiniaksesi
abessive Sardiniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sardiniamme
accusative nom. Sardiniamme
gen. Sardiniamme
genitive Sardiniamme
partitive Sardiniaamme
inessive Sardiniassamme
elative Sardiniastamme
illative Sardiniaamme
adessive Sardiniallamme
ablative Sardinialtamme
allative Sardiniallemme
essive Sardinianamme
translative Sardiniaksemme
abessive Sardiniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sardinianne
accusative nom. Sardinianne
gen. Sardinianne
genitive Sardinianne
partitive Sardiniaanne
inessive Sardiniassanne
elative Sardiniastanne
illative Sardiniaanne
adessive Sardiniallanne
ablative Sardinialtanne
allative Sardiniallenne
essive Sardiniananne
translative Sardiniaksenne
abessive Sardiniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Sardiniansa
accusative nom. Sardiniansa
gen. Sardiniansa
genitive Sardiniansa
partitive Sardiniaansa
inessive Sardiniassaan
Sardiniassansa
elative Sardiniastaan
Sardiniastansa
illative Sardiniaansa
adessive Sardiniallaan
Sardiniallansa
ablative Sardinialtaan
Sardinialtansa
allative Sardinialleen
Sardiniallensa
essive Sardinianaan
Sardinianansa
translative Sardiniakseen
Sardiniaksensa
abessive Sardiniattaan
Sardiniattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).

Proper noun

Sardinia f sg (genitive Sardiniae); first declension

  1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sardinia
Genitive Sardiniae
Dative Sardiniae
Accusative Sardiniam
Ablative Sardiniā
Vocative Sardinia
Locative Sardiniae
  • Sardiniensis
  • Sardiniānus
  • Sardonius
  • Sardus
  • Sardī
  • Sardōus

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sardinia

  1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sardinia

  1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Romanian

Proper noun

Sardinia f

  1. Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

References

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