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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

discreditare

tr. v.
  1. descreditâ [deskrediˈtaː] (var. discreditâ)1

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1. Prefixes de-, des- and re-.

As reported by E. G. Parodi, Studj Liguri, in «Archivio glottologico italiano», xiv, 1896, the Genoese prefixes de-, des- and re- lost the -e- and adopted the -i- due to the influence of Italian. For many decades now indeed difende, discorrî, risponde, etc. have replaced defende, descorrî, responde, etc. in spoken language. The forms with -e- are, however, still widely attested in literary written language. In this dictionary, given its primarily didactic purposes (also aimed at recovering some of the more genuine forms, whenever they may interest users), only the forms with -e- are reported. The Italianized forms with -i- are nevertheless to be considered perfectly legitimate.

Conjugations

descreditâ

Indicative

Present

  1. mi descredito
  2. ti ti descrediti
  3. o/a descredita
  4. niatri descreditemmo
  5. viatri descreditæ
  6. liatri descreditan

Imperfect

  1. mi descreditava
  2. ti ti descreditavi
  3. o/a descreditava
  4. niatri descreditavimo
  5. viatri descreditavi
  6. liatri descreditavan

Future

  1. mi descreditiò
  2. ti ti descreditiæ
  3. o/a descreditià
  4. niatri descreditiemo
  5. viatri descreditiei
  6. liatri descreditian

Subjunctive

Present

  1. che mi descredite
  2. che ti ti descrediti
  3. che lê o/a descredite
  4. che niatri descreditemmo
  5. che viatri descreditæ
  6. che liatri descreditan

Imperfect

  1. che mi descreditesse
  2. che ti ti descreditesci
  3. che lê o/a descreditesse
  4. che niatri descreditescimo
  5. che viatri descreditesci
  6. che liatri descreditessan

Conditional

  1. mi descreditieiva/descreditiæ
  2. ti ti descreditiësci
  3. o/a descreditieiva/descreditiæ
  4. niatri descreditiëscimo
  5. viatri descreditiësci
  6. liatri descreditieivan/descreditiæn

Imperative

  1. descredita ti!
  2. descreditemmo niatri!
  3. descreditæ viatri!

Past participle

  1. m. s. descreditou
  2. m. p. descreditæ
  3. f. s. descreditâ
  4. f. p. descreditæ

Gerund

  1. descreditando