anticristu
Asturian
Alternative forms
- anticristo
- antecristu (archaic)
- entecristu (archaic)
- Ante-Cristu (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌantiˈkɾistu/ [ˌãn̪.t̪iˈkɾis̪.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -istu
- Syllabification: an‧ti‧cris‧tu
- (Western Asturias) IPA(key): [ˌĩn̪.t̪iˈkɾis̪.t̪u]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Antichristus.
Noun
anticristu m (plural anticristos)
- antichrist
- 1789, Xosefa Xovellanos, Proclamación de Carlos IV n'Uviedo[1] (poem):
- Mas como non había visto ,
El Ante-Cristu nin ñada ,
D' otres coses que ños llibros
El mió cura arrellataba- But because I hadn't seen
The antichrist or anything
Other than in books
[That] my priest narrated
- But because I hadn't seen
- (colloquial) troublemaker, rascal
Further reading
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “anticristu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “anticristu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN