śal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"

Emilian

Alternative forms
  • żâl (Bolognese)
  • zàl (Modenese)
  • śâl (Carpigiano)

Etymology

From Old French jalne from Latin galbinus. Compare Italian giallo.

The crime fiction sense derives from the cheap paper used for crime literature, which becomes yellow as it ages.

Pronunciation
un bévar śal
a yellow glass
  • IPA(key): /ˈzal/
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  • Hyphenation: śal

Adjective

śal (masculine plural śai, feminine śala, feminine plural śali) (Mirandolese)

  1. yellow
  2. (of a story) involving crimes and detective work
    mistēr śal ― crime mystery
    cont śal ― whodunit tales

Noun

śal m (plural śai)

  1. the colour yellow
  2. amber, yellow (traffic signals)
  3. mystery, police case
  4. detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction; whodunit; pulp fiction
  • śaldèn (Mirandolese)
  • śaldèin (Carpigiano)
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