Council for Ligurian Linguistic Heritage

Ligurian Council

DEIZE

Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

contante

m. n.
  1. spec. al plurale: denaro in forma di banconote o monete

    dinæ a-a man pl. [diˈnɛː aː ˈmaŋ]

    dinæ liquidi pl. [diˈnɛː ˈlikwidi]

    contante [kuŋˈtaŋte]1

    quanti soldi hai in contanti?

    quante dinæ t’æ a-a man?

adj.
  1. di denaro: in forma di banconote o monete

    a-a man [aː ˈmaŋ]

    in monæa [iŋ muˈnɛːa]

    liquido [ˈlikwidu]

    contante [kuŋˈtaŋte]1

Learn more

1. Plurals of feminines in -e

Feminine nouns and adjectives ending in -e remain unchanged in the plural, keeping a form closer to the original Latin declension compared to the Italian equivalents. Thus unna ciave > doe ciave < duae claves “two keys” and unna noxe > træ noxe < tres nuces “three nuts”. Plural forms in -i, such as ciavi and noxi, are Italianisms widely spread especially in urban areas. Exceptions are feminines in -eise, whose plural form is now -eixi as in the masculine: unna zeneise > dötræ zeneixi “some Genoese women”.

Declensions

m. s m. p f. s f. p
contante contanti contante contante
liquido liquidi liquida liquide