bèllos

See also: bellos

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• belisch, belesch

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)

1. (Sette Comuni) Italian (person from Italy)

Noun

bèllos n

1. (Sette Comuni) Italian (language)

   Ich prèchte bèllos. ― I speak Italian.

Adjective

bèllos (not comparable)

1. (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

• bèllasar, bèllasa
• Bèllostant

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