xisclar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan cisclar, from Vulgar Latin *cisclāre, alteration of fistulāre (“to play the flute”). Compare Spanish chillar and Basque txistulari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃisˈkla]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃisˈklaɾ]
- Homophone: xisclà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
xisclar (first-person singular present xisclo, first-person singular preterite xisclí, past participle xisclat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of xisclar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | xisclar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | xisclant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | xisclat | xisclada | |||||
| plural | xisclats | xisclades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xisclo | xiscles | xiscla | xisclem | xiscleu | xisclen | |
| imperfect | xisclava | xisclaves | xisclava | xisclàvem | xisclàveu | xisclaven | |
| future | xisclaré | xisclaràs | xisclarà | xisclarem | xisclareu | xisclaran | |
| preterite | xisclí | xisclares | xisclà | xisclàrem | xisclàreu | xisclaren | |
| conditional | xisclaria | xisclaries | xisclaria | xisclaríem | xisclaríeu | xisclarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xiscli | xisclis | xiscli | xisclem | xiscleu | xisclin | |
| imperfect | xisclés | xisclessis | xisclés | xiscléssim | xiscléssiu | xisclessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | xiscla | xiscli | xisclem | xiscleu | xisclin | |
| negative (no) | — | no xisclis | no xiscli | no xisclem | no xiscleu | no xisclin | |
Derived terms
- xiscladissa
- xisclaire
- xiscle
Further reading
- “xisclar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “xisclar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “xisclar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xisclar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.