Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Spanish escaecer (forget), from Vulgar Latin *excadescere.

Far more common in Campidanese than in northern dialects, which favour the Italian borrowing ismenticare.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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iscaressere (Logudorese)

  1. (transitive) forget
    Synonym: ismenticare

References

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  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “iskarèssere”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1649: “hai dimenticato che dovevi condurci in cima” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it