gazza
See also: Gazza
Italian
Etymology
Probably from Old High German agaza (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, French agace, and possibly Catalan garsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/
- Rhymes: -addza
- Hyphenation: gàz‧za
Noun
gazza f (plural gazze)
- magpie
Derived terms
- gazza marina
- gazette
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *këncë.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkadːd͡za/
Noun
gazza
- fingernail
- claw, talon
Inflection
| Even a-stem, zz-cc gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gazza | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gacca | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | gazza | gaccat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | gacca | gaccaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gacca | gaccaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | gazzii | gaccaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | gaccas | gaccain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | gaccain | gaccaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | gazzan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ, whence also Old Norse gata, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).
Noun
gazza f
- lane
Descendants
- Middle High German: gazze
- Central Franconian: Jass, Jaas; Gass; Gaß
- German: Gasse
- Luxembourgish: Gaass
- Yiddish: גאַס (gas)
- → Middle Dutch: gasse
- Dutch: gas
- → Plautdietsch: Gauss
- → Slovene: gȃsa