mezzedima

Italian

Alternative forms

  • mezedima, mezidima, mezzerima (archaic)
  • mezzesima, mezzelima (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin media hebdomas (literally “half week”), compare Dalmatian misedma, Old High German mittawehha. By surface analysis, mezza +‎ edima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /medˈd͡zɛ.di.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdima
  • Hyphenation: mez‧zè‧di‧ma

Noun

mezzedima f (plural mezzedime) (archaic or Tuscan)

  1. Wednesday
    Synonym: mercoledì
    • 1366, an Italian translation of an Arabic diploma from the Maghreb[1]:
      فاإِسْكِرَطَ إِمِزِيدِمَ أَلدي ٣٠ دِلْمِيْسِ ادِكُرِيسَمَ إِن دِلَان سَطَ إِسِسَانْطَ أسَّطَ شِنْط
      fāʔiskiraṭa ʔimizīdima ʔaldī 30 dilmīsi ʔədikurīsama ʔin dilān saṭa ʔisisānṭa ʔassaṭa šinṭ
      /fu scritta mezzedima al dì 30 del mese di quaresima in dell'anno sette e sessanta e settecento/
      It was written on Wednesday, the day 30 of the month of Ramadan in the year seven hundred and sixty-seven.

References

  1. ^ Amari, Michele (1863) I diplomi arabi del R. Archivio Fiorentino (in Italian), Firenze: Le Monnier, text 33, page 122
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