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]

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• 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

• biḍḍazzu
• biḍḍicchiu
• biḍḍittu
• biḍḍizza
• biḍḍuni
• biḍḍuzzu

 

Tarifit

Noun

beddu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⴷⴷⵓ)

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