mèssar

See also: messar

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• mezzar (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German messer, from Old High German mezzisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).

Noun

mèssar n (plural mèssardar)

1. (Sette Comuni) knife

Declension

Declension of mèssar – 8th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	's	mèssar	de	mèssardar
accusative	an	's	mèssar	de	mèssardar
dative	aname	me	mèssare	in	mèssardarn

References

• “mèssar” 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