sobbra

Sassarese

Alternative forms

  • sobra
  • sobbr' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔbbra/

Adverb

sobbra

  1. up
    • 1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 51, page 120:
      Ed eccu chi lu velu di lu tempiu s’iltrazzesi in dui palti da sobbra fin a giossu
      At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom

Preposition

sobbra

  1. over, above, on, upon, atop
    • 1866, chapter XXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 25, page 118:
      E rilpundendi tuttu lu pobbulu, dizisi: Lu sangu d’eddu sobbra di noi, e sobbra li noltri figlioli.
      All the people, answering, said, “His blood is on us and on our children!”

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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