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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

solenne

adj.
  1. che si svolge con gran sfarzo

    solenne [suˈlenˑe]1

    celebrarono il centenario con una solenne cerimonia pubblica

    an çelebrou o çentanâ con unna solenne çeimònia pubrica

  2. che ispira reverenza

    solenne [suˈlenˑe]1

    la voce solenne del professore zittì l’aula intera

    a voxe solenne do professô a l’à attaxentou tutta a stançia

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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
solenne solenni solenne solenne