frebba

Gallurese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛbba/

Noun

frebba f (plural frebbi)

1. fever

Sassarese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).

Pronunciation

• (Turritan, Castelsardo) IPA^(key): /ˈfrebba/
• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛbba/

Noun

frebba f (plural frebbi, diminutive frebbaredda, augmentative frebboni)

1. fever

Derived terms

• frebbaredda
• frebboni

 

Related terms

• frebbigosu

References

• Giosue Muzzo (1981) “frébba”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 80