Calaxibbetta

== Sicilian == === Alternative forms === Calascibbetta, Scibbetta (Italianate spelling) Xibbetta (clipping) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa) and a not-well-attested element, namely said to be شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ, “anise”). Doublet of Calascibbetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌka.la.ʃʃɪbˈbɛt.ta/ Hyphenation: Ca‧la‧scib‧bèt‧ta === Proper noun === Calaxibbetta m Calascibetta (a town, in Sicily, Italy) ==== Usage notes ==== The grapheme ⟨x⟩ is here employed for /ʃ/ as many instances of /ʃ/ in Old Sicilian do derive from a Latin x, as for example coscia, otherwise this symbol has however been used to adopt borrowings from foreign languages. The grapheme was also widely used in Ibero-Romance languages with the same scope. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sicilian: Calascibbetta Italian: Calascibetta === See also ===