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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

letterale

adj.
  1. che corrisponde esattamente alle parole usate

    a-a lettia [aː ˈletja]

    poula pe poula [ˈpɔwla pe ˈpɔwla]

    letterale [leteˈraːle]

    ho voluto fare una traduzione letterale

    ò vosciuo fâ unna traduçion a-a lettia

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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”.