màrso
Ligurian
FWOTD – 2 February 2020
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmarsu/
Etymology 1
From Latin mārtius.
Noun
màrso m
- March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
Related terms
- (Gregorian calendar months) méize do lunâio gregoriàn; zenâ, frevâ, màrso, arvî, màzzo, zùgno, lùggio, agósto, seténbre, òtôbre, novénbre, dexénbre (Category: lij:Gregorian calendar months)
Etymology 2
From Latin marcidus. Compare Italian marcio.
Adjective
màrs
- rotten
- rotting
- 1984, Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), “Crêuza de Mâ”, in Crêuza de mâ [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André:
- Bacàn da còrda màrsa d'ægoa e de sâ / ch'a ne lîga e a ne pòrta inte 'na crêuza de mâ
- Owner of the rope rotting with water and salt, that ties us and takes us in a muletrack by the sea
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- festering
- (figurative) corrupt