# zeru
## Basque
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *zelu, a borrowing from Latin caelum; displaced native ortzi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̻eɾu/ [s̻e.ɾu]
* IPA: (most dialects) /s̻eɾu/ [s̻e.ɾu]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /s̺eɾu/ [s̺e.ɾu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾu
* Hyphenation: ze‧ru

### Noun

zeru inan
* sky
    Synonym: ortzi
* heaven, paradise
    Synonym: paradisu

#### Derived terms

* Jaun zerukoa (“God”)
* zeru eta lur
* zeru goien
* zeru goren
* zeru sabai
* zeru xahar
* zeru zabal
* zeru-azpi
* zeru-ekuatore
* zeru-esfera
* zeru-gain
* zeru-goi
* zeru-hemisferio
* zeru-lur
* zeru-zola
* zerua irabazi
* zerua iritsi
* zerualde
* zeruertz (“horizon”)
* Zeruetako Aita (“God the Father”)
* Zeruetako Erregina (“Virgin Mary”)
* zeruko Jauna (“God”)
* zerumuga (“horizon”)
* zerupe
* zeruratu
* zerutar (“heavenly”)

### References

* ↑ “zeru” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “zeru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “zeru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Corsican
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Cognates include Italian zero and French zéro.

### Numeral

zeru
* zero

#### References

* “zeru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɛ.ru/
* Rhymes: -ɛru
* Syllabification: ze‧ru

### Noun

zeru n
* dative singular of zero

## Sassarese
### Etymology 1

From earlier zelu, from Classical Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂i-lom (“whole”), derived from a root *koh₂i-, *kéy-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡se.ru/
* Hyphenation: zé‧ru

#### Noun

zeru m (plural zeri)
* sky
** 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria [Missus Annamaria's cricket]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu! L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:[…] un biddisò […] brilla i lu sòri e si zi torra a boru sempri più in althu i lu zeru biaittu.A sparrow shines in the sun, and flies back to it, higher and higher in the blue sky.
** 2010 September 29, Ignazio Sanna, “Li sigurànzi di Don Fedele [Don Fedele's guarantees]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:un préddi più che anzianu lagnu che azzua e facci biancu, cu’ l’ócci ciari iffussaddi sempri vulthaddi a zéru quasi ad ammirà ca sa ca misthérua more-than-aged priest, thin as an anchovy, pale-faced, with light eyes sunken eyes always turned to the sky, as if he was contemplating some kind of mystery
* (religion, also in the plural) heaven (abode of deities)
** 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu ZéruWe haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.
* (religion) heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)
** 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ahi, sèmpri dugna dì [Alas! always, every day]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 106:Mi tòrra lu disizu di murì pa vidétti ancora viba undì nò v'è duròri, i lu zéru di l’ànimi bïadiThe desire returns to me, to die so I can see you alive again, where there is no pain, in the heaven of blessed souls

##### Related terms

* cirèsthrinu

### Etymology 2

Likely borrowed from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing”, “cipher”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡zɛ.ru/
* Hyphenation: zè‧ru

#### Numeral

zeru
* (cardinal number) zero

### References

* Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1205
* Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 188
* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Sicilian
### Numeral

zeru
* zero