siccarizzu
Sicilian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *siccāricius. Compare Italian secchereccio. By surface analysis, siccu (“dry”) + -arizzu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪk.kaˈɾit.tsʊ/
- Hyphenation: sic‧ca‧rìz‧zu
Noun
siccarizzu m (plural siccarizzi)
- drought
- shortage (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Adjective
siccarizzu (feminine singular siccarizza, masculine and feminine plural siccarizzi)
- somewhat dry
References
- Antonino Traina (1868) Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3865