lisca

See also: lišća

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Germanic, or either from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliskɐ]

Noun

lisca f (plural liscas)

1. chip; splinter; shaving

   Synonyms: labra, lasca, para

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lisca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lisca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lisca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

lisca

1. inflection of liscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin līsca, possibly from a Germanic source; see French laîche. Compare German Liesch, Luxembourgish Lëtsch (“reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ska/
• Rhymes: -iska
• Hyphenation: lì‧sca

Noun

lisca f (plural lische)

1. fishbone (individual, or the complete spine)
2. (textiles) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp

Further reading

• lisca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lasci, salci, scali