triegua

Italian

Etymology

From Gothic ๐„๐‚๐Œน๐Œฒ๐Œฒ๐…๐Œฐ (triggwa), inflected form of ๐„๐‚๐Œน๐Œฒ๐Œฒ๐…๐ƒ (triggws, โ€œtrue, faithfulโ€).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /หˆtrjษ›ษกwa/, [tฬชrฬบjษ›ห.ษกwรค]
  • Hyphenation: triรจโ€งgua

Noun

triegua f (plural triegue)

  1. Archaic form of tregua.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto XIV, p. 215 vv. 136-138:
      Come da lei l'udir nostro ebbe triegua, ยถ ed ecco l'altra con sรฌ gran fracasso, ยถ che somigliรฒ tonar che tosto segua; [...]ยป
      As soon as hearing had a truce from this, ยถ behold another, with so great a crash, ยถ that it resembled thunderings following fast; [...]
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