râ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Sicilian

Alternative forms

'â (apheretic)
ra, ra', r'a, rà (eye dialect, misspelled, proscribed)

Etymology

Rhoticized variant of dâ. Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) +‎ a (“the”, feminine singular definite article). Doublet of di la.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾaː]

Preposition

râ

alternative form of dâ (“of the”);
A cruci râ fera.
The cross of the fera).

See also

Sicilian definite articled prepositions
	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	plural
	u / lu	a / la	i / li
a	ô (older also: a lu)	â (older also: a la)	ê (older also: a li)
di	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (older also: pi li)
*nna*	nnô (older also: nna lu)	nnâ (older also: nna la)	nnê (older also: nna li)
*nni*	nnû (older also: nni lu)	nnâ (older also: nni la)	nnî (older also: nni li)