SICILIAN PROVERBS

translated into English by Arthur V. Dieli

Table Of Contents
  • The Sicilian Proverbs.
    The more than 7,300 Sicilian proverbs in this collection are first presented in Sicilian and then translated into English. They are sorted alphabetically by over 3,100 keywords and are separated into seven sections to accomodate users on dial-up, to make file transfer faster.
  • Sources used for this collection
  • Here's a link to a complete list of the keywords.
  • Acknowledgement
  • Saint's feast days and festival days.
    Some Sicilian proverbs date things by saint's feast days or church festival days. Use this link to find the calendar date.
Abbreviations Used In The Proverbs
      
adj.adjectiveinv.invariable genderpl.plural
adv.adverblit.literallyprep.preposition
aug.augmentativeloc.locativepres.p.present participle
bot.botanicaln.f.feminine nounpron.pronoun
conj.conjunction n.f.pl.feminine plural nounrefl.reflexive
dim.diminuativen.m.masculine nounsubj.subjunctive
excl.exclamationp.pl.person pluralv.i.intransitive verb
fut.futurep.sing.person singularv.t.transitive verb
ichth.ichthyologypast p.past participlezool.zoological
imp.imperativepejor.pejorative  

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