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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

fondamentale

adj.
  1. che costituisce le basi

    primmäio [priˈmaːju]

    de base [de ˈbaːze]

    fondamentale [fuŋdameŋˈtaːle]

    ciù importante [ˈtʃy iŋpurˈtaŋte]

    studiamo le leggi fondamentali della fisica

    studiemmo e lezze primmäie da fixica

  2. di grande importanza

    fondamentale [fuŋdameŋˈtaːle]

    ch’o l’é importante [k u ˈl e iŋpurˈtaŋte]

    grazie per il tuo contributo fondamentale

    graçie do teu contributo, ch’o l’é stæto importante

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Endings in -â and -ale

Genoese words deriving from Latin forms in -ale(m) generally take the ending -â, such as prinçipâ < principale(m). Currently one also finds Genoese forms in -ale, in the following cases:

  • Latinisms of learned origin, such as spirituale < spirituale(m), widely attested in written use;
  • forms that, in spoken language, have long since lost the genuine ending -â due to the influence of Italian.

In this dictionary, given its purposes, the forms in -â are reported preferentially, whenever they are actually attested in use.

Declensions

m. s m. p f. s f. p
fondamentale fondamentali fondamentale fondamentale
importante importanti importante importante
primmäio primmäi primmäia primmäie