triegua

Italian

Etymology

From Gothic π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ° (triggwa), inflected form of π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πƒ (triggws, β€œtrue, faithful”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtrjΙ›Ι‘wa/, [tΜͺrΜΊjɛː.Ι‘wΓ€]
  • Hyphenation: triè‧gua

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, ¢ ed ecco l'altra con sì gran fracasso, ¢ che somigliò tonar che tosto segua; [...]»
      As soon as hearing had a truce from this, ΒΆ behold another, with so great a crash, ΒΆ that it resembled thunderings following fast; [...]
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