beddu

See also: beḍḍu

Corsican

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛdːu/
  • Hyphenation: bed‧du

Adjective

beddu (feminine bedda, masculine plural beddi, feminine plural bedde)

  1. Ultramontane form of bellu

References
  • “bellu, beddu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • beḍḍu
  • bellu (inanimate variant)
  • bedu, bieḍḍu, biḍḍu, bìaḍḍu (dialectal variants)

Etymology

From Latin bellus, a diminutive of bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɖ.ɖu/, [ˈbɛɖːʊ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɖɖʊ
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ḍḍu

Adjective

beddu (feminine singular bedda, masculine and feminine plural beddi)

  1. (of weather, objects, etc.) beautiful
    Sta casa è beḍḍa.
    This house is beautiful.
  2. (of a person) good-looking; (of a man) handsome; (of a woman) beautiful

Inflection
Masculine Feminine
Singular beddu bedda
Plural beddi beddi

Derived terms

Tarifit

Noun

beddu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⴷⴷⵓ)

  1. verbal noun of bda
  2. beginning, start
  3. origin
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