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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

a fatica

adv. phr.
  1. a malapena, a stento

    à fadiga [a faˈdiːɡa]

    apeña [aˈpeŋˑa]1

    à ïsa à ïsa [a ˈiːsaː ˈiːsa]

    squæxi no [ˈskwɛːʒi nu]

    squæxi manco no [ˈskwɛːʒi ˈmaŋku nu]

    senza occhiali ci leggo a fatica

    sensa i speggetti ghe lezo à fadiga

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1. Adverbs formed from Latin ad

Adverbs formed from Latin ad followed by another element normally do not display a doubled consonant. Thus one writes abasta [aˈbasta] “enough,” areo [aˈreːu] “abundantly,” apeña [aˈpeŋˑa] “barely,” etc. This spelling reflects a criterion of uniformity, considering that many of these forms also admit a variant with the elements separated (e.g. à basta, à reo).