bèllos
See also: bellos
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German welisc, from Old High German walask, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign; non-Germanic”). Cognate with Mòcheno balsch (“Italian”), German welsch (“concerning Romance-speaking areas of Switzerland”), Yiddish וועליש (velish, “Vellish (typeface for printed Hebrew)”), Dutch Waals (“Walloon”), English Welsh, French gaulois (“Gaulish”), Old Norse valskr (“Celtic; Roman”), also English Wallachia (“principality in southern Romania”), Latin Volcae (“a Gallic tribal confederation”).
Noun
bèllos m (feminine bèllasa)
- (Sette Comuni) Italian (person from Italy)
Noun
bèllos n
- (Sette Comuni) Italian (language)
- Ich prèchte bèllos. ― I speak Italian.
Adjective
bèllos (not comparable)
- (Sette Comuni) Italian (of, from or relating to Italy)
- an bèllases baip ― an Italian woman
- bèllase stéetar ― Italian cities
Declension
Positive forms of bèllos
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist bèllos | zi ist bèllos | is ist bèllos | ze zèint bèllos | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar bèllase | de bèllasa | 's bèllase | de bèllasen |
| accusative | in bèllasen | de bèllasa | 's bèllase | de bèllasen | |
| dative | me bèllasen | dar bèllasen | me bèllasen | in bèllasen | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an bèllasar | an bèllasa | an bèllases | (khòone) bèllasen |
| accusative | an bèllasen | an bèllasa | an bèllases | (khòone) bèllasen | |
| dative | aname bèllasen | anara bèllasen | aname bèllasen | (khòonen) bèllasen | |
| without article | nominative | bèllase | |||
| accusative | bèllase | ||||
| dative | bèllasen | ||||
Derived terms
References
- “bèll-os” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo