Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Venetian inpestàre (to infect), derived from Latin pestis (plague). Compare Italian appestare.

Verb edit

inpestaaran (third-person singular present indicative inpestaart, past participle inpestaart, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to infect
    's gastànkh 'me béeghe hat inpestaart àu 's hàus.
    The stench of the street infected the house.

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • “inpestaaran” 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