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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

nazionale

adj.
  1. relativo a una nazione

    naçionale [nasjuˈnaːle]1

    hanno cantato l’inno nazionale tutti assieme

    an cantou l’inno naçionale tutti insemme

f. n.
  1. squadra che rappresenta una nazione

    naçionale [nasjuˈnaːle]1

    gioca in nazionale da quando aveva vent’anni

    o zeuga inta naçionale da ch’o l‘aiva vint’anni

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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
naçionale naçionali naçionale naçionale