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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

tranquillo

adj.
  1. in stato di quiete

    carmo [ˈkaːrmu]

    tranquillo [traŋˈkwilˑu]

    per fortuna oggi il mare è tranquillo

    pe fortuña ancheu o mâ o l’é carmo

  2. mansueto, mite

    paxo [ˈpaːʒu]

    paxe [ˈpaːʒe]1

    tranquillo [traŋˈkwilˑu]

    quel bambino è molto tranquillo

    quello figgeuo o l’é tanto paxo

    è un animale tranquillo, non aver paura

    a l’é unna bestia paxa, n’aggi poia

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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
carmo carmi carma carme
paxe paxi paxe paxe
paxo paxi paxa paxe
tranquillo tranquilli tranquilla tranquille