zarza
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Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zarza
- genitive singular of zarz
- nominative dual of zarz
- accusative dual of zarz
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- çarça (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish sarza, itself from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Basque [Term?],. Alternatively, from Arabic شرا (“plant with thorns”), from ساراسا (“to be evil, vicious”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zarza f (plural zarzas)
- blackberry bush
- bramble (thorny shrub)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “zarza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References[edit]
- ^ Roberts, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots: Volume II (H - Z and Appendix)
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- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian noun forms
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Spanish terms derived from Basque
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- es:Plants
