baḍḍa
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Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Medieval Latin balla, ultimately from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]baḍḍa 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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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: badda (regional)
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