Dumìnicu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • Rumìnicu (rhotacized)
  • Duminicu, Ruminicu (eye dialect)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Latin dominicus, from dominus (“lord”, “master”) +‎ -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duˈmi.ni.ku/
  • Hyphenation: Du‧mì‧ni‧cu

Proper noun

Dumìnicu

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic
  2. a Sicilian surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Di Dumìnicu

Derived terms

Hypocoristics:

  • Miciu
  • Mimmu
  • Mìnicu
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