sagru

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian sagru.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːɡ.ru/

Adjective

sagru (feminine singular sagra, plural sagri)

  1. sacred, holy
    Synonym: mqaddes

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sacer, sacrum. Compare Italian sacro.

Adjective

sagru (feminine singular sagra, masculine and feminine plural sagri)

  1. sacred, holy
    Synonyms: santu, binidittu

Descendants
  • → Maltese: sagru

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “sagru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3542
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “sagru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 317
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