baḍḍa
Sicilian
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editEtymology
editPossibly from Medieval Latin balla, ultimately from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbaḍḍa f (plural baḍḍi)
- (sports) ball (object used for playing games)
- ball (solid or hollow sphere)
- (usually in the plural, vulgar) i baḍḍi: testicles
- Synonyms: (vulgar) cabbasisi, còculi, cugghiuna, cugghiànnuli, tistìcula
- Chi vinisti pi scassari i baḍḍi?!
- Did you come to break my balls!
- (informal, figurative) something dull or boring
- Chi du' baḍḍi!
- What a drag!
- (colloquial) lie
- Synonym: minchiata
- (heraldry) circle-shaped charge
Derived terms
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editDescendants
edit- → Italian: badda (regional)
Categories:
- Sicilian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sicilian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)
- Sicilian terms inherited from Medieval Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Frankish
- Sicilian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian feminine nouns
- scn:Sports
- Sicilian vulgarities
- Sicilian terms with usage examples
- Sicilian informal terms
- Sicilian colloquialisms
- scn:Heraldry