festha

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• felta (archaic spelling)

Etymology

From Late Latin festa, alternative form of fēsta, derived from Classical Latin fēstum (“holiday; banquet”), from Proto-Italic *fēstos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-to-s, derived from the root *dʰéh₁s (“deity; sacred place”).

Pronunciation

• (Turritan) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɬta/

Noun

festha f (plural festhi)

1. party, celebration
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 5, page 107:

     Ma diziani: No in dì, di felta, palchì no suzzedia ribuluzioni in lu pobbulu.

     [Ma dizìani: No in dì, di festha, parchì no suzzédia ribuluzioni in lu póburu.]

     But they were saying: "Not in a day of celebration, so that there's no tumult among the people.

   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[2], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 68:

     Pal me non v’è più felta,
     La me’ felta è lu dolu e sulpirà

     [Pa' me non v'è più festha,
     La me' festha è lu doru e suippirà]

     There's no more celebration for me; my celebration is the sorrow and sighing