gazza

See also: Gazza

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Old High German agaza (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, French agace, and possibly Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/
  • Rhymes: -addza
  • Hyphenation: gàz‧za

Noun

gazza f (plural gazze)

  1. magpie

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këncë.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkadːd͡za/

Noun

gazza

  1. fingernail
  2. claw, talon

Inflection
Even a-stem, zz-cc gradation
Nominative gazza
Genitive gacca
Singular Plural
Nominative gazza gaccat
Accusative gacca gaccaid
Genitive gacca gaccaid
Illative gazzii gaccaide
Locative gaccas gaccain
Comitative gaccain gaccaiguin
Essive gazzan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gazzan gazzame gazzamet
2nd person gazzat gazzade gazzadet
3rd person gazzas gazzaska gazzaset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ, whence also Old Norse gata, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).

Noun

gazza f

  1. lane

Descendants
  • Middle High German: gazze
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