èssan
See also: essän
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, English eat.
Verb
èssan (strong class 5 , third-person singular present indicative isset, past participle ghèsset, auxiliary haban)
- (Sette Comuni) to eat
- Bèar net mèar isset, stérbet. ― He who doesn't eat dies.
Conjugation
Conjugation of èssan
| infinitive | èssan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | èssanten | ||||
| past participle | ghèsset | ||||
| auxiliary | haban | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich isse | bar èssan | i | ich èsse | bar èssan |
| du issest | iart èsset | du èssest | iart èsset | ||
| ear isset | ze èssent | ear èsse | ze èssan | ||
| preterite (composed) |
ich han ghèsset | bar haban ghèsset | ii | ich issate, issatate | bar issatan, issatatan |
| du hast ghèsset | iart habet ghèsset | du issatest, issatatest | iart issetet, issatatet | ||
| ear hat ghèsset | ze habent ghèsset | ear issate, issatate | ze issatan, issatatan | ||
| imperative | — | èssabar | |||
| iss (du) | isset (iart) | ||||
| èsse (ear) | èssan (ze) | ||||
Derived terms
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
- “èssan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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