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Calaxibbetta
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Sicilian
Alternative forms
scn Calascibbetta Scibbetta Italianate spelling
scn Xibbetta clipping
Etymology
scn ar قَلْعَة and a not-well-attested element, namely said to be ar شِبِثّ anise. scn Calascibbetta.
Pronunciation
scn /ˌka.la.ʃʃɪbˈbɛt.ta/
scn Ca la scib bèt ta
Proper noun
Calaxibbetta m
scn town, r/Sicily c/Italy Calascibetta
Usage notes
The grapheme ⟨x⟩ is here employed for /ʃ/ as many instances of /ʃ/ in Old Sicilian do derive from a Latin la x, as for example scn coscia, otherwise this symbol has however been used to adopt borrowings from foreign languages. The grapheme was also widely used in Ibero-Romance languages with the same scope.
Derived terms
scn xurbisi xurbisa xibbitanu xibbitana
Related terms
scn Xurbi Cartaggiruni Buxema Nissa Cartabillotta Cartavuturu Nixemi Misilixemi
Descendants
scn Calascibbetta
it Calascibetta
See also
scn Xirbi Girgenti Terranova Xacca Castrujanni