piaghja

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin plagia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpjadja/
    • (Cismontane) IPA(key): [ˈpjæɟa]
    • (Ultramontane) IPA(key): [ˈpjaɟa]
  • Hyphenation: pia‧ghja
  • Rhymes: -adja

Noun

piaghja f (plural piaghje)

  1. plain
  2. riverbank, shore
    • 2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 21:5:
      Ci inghjinuchjàimu nantu à a piaghja, è pricàimu.
      We started at the riverbank, and we prayed.

References
  • Jacques Fusina (1999) Parlons Corse, Editions L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 51
  • “piaghja, pieghja, piaghia” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
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