sivdad

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cibdat, from Latin cīvitātem. Compare Modern Spanish ciudad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sivˈdad/, [sɪβˈdað]

Noun

sivdad f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סיב'דאד, plural sivdades)

1. city
   • 2000, David Altabé, “Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi”, in Esther Benbassa, editor, Les Sépharades en littérature, page 164:

     Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi,
     i pensar en las sivdades ke deshi,
     las glories del pasado ke pedri,
     i la soledad en ke me kayi

     There is something sad in being Sefardi
     and thinking of the cities that I've abandoned,
     the glories of the past that I've lost
     and the loneliness into which I've fallen

   • 2019 February 27, Metin DELEVİ, “El Samuray ke salvo a miles de djudios de los nazis”, in Şalom‎^[1]:

     En el pantheon de los eros durante la Shoah se topa Chiune Sugihara, ke era konsul jeneral de la Japonya en la sivdad Kaunas de la Litvanya.

     In the pantheon of heroes during the Shoah you'll find Chiune Sugihara, who was consul general of Japan in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania.