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DEIZE

Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

radere

tr. v.
  1. tagliare via i peli

    arrasâ [araˈzaː] (var. rasâ)1

  2. fare la barba

    arrasâ [araˈzaː] (var. rasâ)1

    fâ a barba [ˈfaː ˈbaːrba]

radersi

pron. v.
  1. farsi la barba

    arrasâse [araˈzaːse] (var. rasâse)1

    fâse a barba [ˈfaːsaː ˈbaːrba]

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1. Prothesis of [a]- in verbs and nouns

In Genoese, the prothesis – that is, the addition in initial position – of a vowel [a]- is particularly frequent in many verbal forms. These verbs may therefore occur in double form, for example: arregordâ [areɡurˈdaː] ~ regordâ [reɡurˈdaː] “to remember”; addeuviâ [adøːˈvjaː] ~ deuviâ [døːˈvjaː] “to use”; allevâ [aleˈvaː] ~ levâ [leˈvaː] “to remove, take away”; ammiâ [aˈmjaː] ~ miâ [ˈmjaː] “to look”; arrecheugge [areˈkødʒˑe] ~ recheugge [reˈkødʒˑe] “to gather, collect”. Although this phenomenon may originally have had an intensifying function, in practice both forms—with or without the initial vowel—are equivalent and entail no difference in meaning. The phenomenon also affects some deverbal nouns, such as arregòrdo [areˈɡɔːrdu] ~ regòrdo [reˈɡɔːrdu] “memory”, allevamacce [ale(ː)vaˈmatʃˑe] ~ levamacce [ale(ː)vaˈmatʃˑe] “stain remover”, or arrecuggeita [arekyˈdʒejta] ~ recuggeita [rekyˈdʒejta] “collection”. In these cases as well, the two forms normally do not imply any difference in meaning. In DEIZE, forms with or without [a]- prothesis are lemmatized under the variant considered most frequent in general usage.

Conjugations

arrasâ

Indicative

Present

  1. mi arraso
  2. ti t’arrasi
  3. lê o/a l’arrasa
  4. niatri arrasemmo
  5. viatri arrasæ
  6. liatri arrasan

Imperfect

  1. mi arrasava
  2. ti t’arrasavi
  3. lê o/a l’arrasava
  4. niatri arrasavimo
  5. viatri arrasavi
  6. liatri arrasavan

Future

  1. mi arrasiò
  2. ti t’arrasiæ
  3. lê o/a l’arrasià
  4. niatri arrasiemo
  5. viatri arrasiei
  6. liatri arrasian

Subjunctive

Present

  1. che mi arrase
  2. che ti t’arrasi
  3. che lê o/a l’arrase
  4. che niatri arrasemmo
  5. che viatri arrasæ
  6. che liatri arrasan

Imperfect

  1. che mi arrasesse
  2. che ti t’arrasesci
  3. che lê o/a l’arrasesse
  4. che niatri arrasescimo
  5. che viatri arrasesci
  6. che liatri arrasessan

Conditional

  1. mi arrasieiva/arrasiæ
  2. ti t’arrasiësci
  3. lê o/a l’arrasieiva/arrasiæ
  4. niatri arrasiëscimo
  5. viatri arrasiësci
  6. liatri arrasieivan/arrasiæn

Imperative

  1. arrasa ti!
  2. arrasemmo niatri!
  3. arrasæ viatri!

Past participle

  1. m. s. arrasou
  2. m. p. arrasæ
  3. f. s. arrasâ
  4. f. p. arrasæ

Gerund

  1. arrasando
fâ

Indicative

Present

  1. mi fasso
  2. ti ti fæ
  3. lê o/a fa
  4. niatri femmo
  5. viatri fæ
  6. liatri fan

Imperfect

  1. mi fava/faxeiva
  2. ti ti favi/faxeivi
  3. lê o/a fava/faxeiva
  4. niatri favimo/faxeivimo
  5. viatri favi/faxeivi
  6. liatri favan/faxeivan

Future

  1. mi faiò
  2. ti ti faiæ
  3. lê o/a faià
  4. niatri faiemo
  5. viatri faiei
  6. liatri faian

Subjunctive

Present

  1. che mi fasse
  2. che ti ti fasci
  3. che lê o/a fasse
  4. che niatri femmo
  5. che viatri fæ
  6. che liatri fassan

Imperfect

  1. che mi fesse
  2. che ti ti fesci
  3. che lê o/a fesse
  4. che niatri fescimo
  5. che viatri fesci
  6. che liatri fessan

Conditional

  1. mi faieiva/faiæ
  2. ti ti faiësci
  3. lê o/a faieiva/faiæ
  4. niatri faiëscimo
  5. viatri faiësci
  6. liatri faieivan/faiæn

Imperative

  1. fanni ti!
  2. femmo niatri!
  3. fæ viatri!

Past participle

  1. m. s. fæto
  2. m. p. fæti
  3. f. s. fæta
  4. f. p. fæte

Gerund

  1. fando/faxendo