addormire

Latin

Verb

addormīre

1. present active infinitive of addormiō

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• addurmire, addormì, addurmì (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin addormīre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [addurˈmi]
• (numerous dialects) IPA^(key): [adˈdɔrmə] (with a change in verb class)

Verb

addormire

1. to put to sleep

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 648: “addormentarsi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it