sporcu

Borrowed from Italian sporco (“dirty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔɾku/, [ˈʃp-]
• Hyphenation: spor‧cu

sporcu (feminine singular sporca, masculine and feminine plural sporchi) (rare)

1. dirty, filthy, unclean, soiled

   Synonyms: lordu, sùcidu, fitusu, macaduru, purcarusu, schifiusu, sozzu, zaccaru, làidu

2. dishonest

   Synonyms: squerennu, turpi, disonestu

   • 2012, Vincenzo Adamo, “Re Porcu”, in Né 'ncelu né 'n terra. Poesie siciliane, page 65:

     Nô portafogghiu si tinia ammucciatu, / pi nun scurdari lu sò sporcu vizziu, / lu re d'aremi tuttu fidduliatu / cu scrittu porcu senza nuddu 'ndizziu.

     In his wallet he kept hidden, / not to forget his nasty habit, / the king of coins, completely shredded, / with "pig" written on it without any explaination.

sporcu m (plural sporchi) (rare)

1. dirt, filth

   Synonyms: schifìu, lurdura, fitinzìa, schifinzìa, tartaru, purcarìa, sucidumi, spurcizzia

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “sporcu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4000
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “sporcu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 820
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “sporcu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, page 94

From spor (“sports”) +‎ -cu.

• IPA^(key): [spɔɾd͡ʒʊ]
• Hyphenation: spor‧cu

sporcu (definite accusative sporcuyu, plural sporcular)

1. sportsperson

• sporculuk