mintzig
Cimbrian
editEtymology
editUltimately from Old High German min (“less”).
Adjective
editmintzig (comparative mindor, superlative dar mindorste)
- (Sette Comuni) few, not many
Declension
editPositive forms of mintzig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist mintzig | zi ist mintzig | is ist mintzig | ze zèint mintzig | |
with definite article | nominative | dar mintzige | de mintziga | 's mintzige | de mintzigen |
accusative | in mintzigen | de mintziga | 's mintzige | de mintzigen | |
dative | me mintzigen | dar mintzigen | me mintzigen | in mintzigen | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an mintzigar | an mintziga | an mintziges | (khòone) mintzigen |
accusative | an mintzigen | an mintziga | an mintziges | (khòone) mintzigen | |
dative | aname mintzigen | anara mintzigen | aname mintzigen | (khòonen) mintzigen | |
without article | nominative | mintzige | |||
accusative | mintzige | ||||
dative | mintzigen |
Comparative forms of mintzig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist mindor | zi ist mindor | is ist mindor | ze zèint mindor | |
with definite article | nominative | dar mindore | de mindora | 's mindore | de mindorn |
accusative | in mindorn | de mindora | 's mindore | de mindorn | |
dative | me mindorn | dar mindorn | me mindorn | in mindorn | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an mindorar | an mindora | an mindors | (khòone) mindorn |
accusative | an mindorn | an mindora | an mindors | (khòone) mindorn | |
dative | aname mindorn | anara mindorn | aname mindorn | (khòonen) mindorn | |
without article | nominative | mindore | |||
accusative | mindore | ||||
dative | mindorn |
Superlative forms of mintzig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist dar mindorste | zi ist dar mindorsta | is ist dar mindorste | ze zèint dar mindorste | |
with definite article | nominative | dar mindorste | de mindorsta | 's mindorste | de mindorsten |
accusative | in mindorsten | de mindorsta | 's mindorste | de mindorsten | |
dative | me mindorsten | dar mindorsten | me mindorsten | in mindorsten | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an mindorstar | an mindorsta | an mindorstes | (khòone) mindorsten |
accusative | an mindorsten | an mindorsta | an mindorstes | (khòone) mindorsten | |
dative | aname mindorsten | anara mindorsten | aname mindorsten | (khòonen) mindorsten | |
without article | nominative | mindorste | |||
accusative | mindorste | ||||
dative | mindorsten |
References
edit- “mintzig” 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