bombaazan
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bombaas (“cotton”, noun) + -an (derives adjectives from material nouns)
Adjective
[edit]bombaazan
- (Sette Comuni) cotton
- Bombaazane hóozen zeint mèeront gazunt dan bòllane.
- Cotton stockings are healthier than wool stockings.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of bombaazan
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist bombaazan | zi ist bombaazan | is ist bombaazan | ze zèint bombaazan | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar bombaazane | de bombaazana | 's bombaazane | de bombaazanen |
| accusative | in bombaazanen | de bombaazana | 's bombaazane | de bombaazanen | |
| dative | me bombaazanen | dar bombaazanen | me bombaazanen | in bombaazanen | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an bombaazanar | an bombaazana | an bombaazanes | (khòone) bombaazanen |
| accusative | an bombaazanen | an bombaazana | an bombaazanes | (khòone) bombaazanen | |
| dative | aname bombaazanen | anara bombaazanen | aname bombaazanen | (khòonen) bombaazanen | |
| without article | nominative | bombaazane | |||
| accusative | bombaazane | ||||
| dative | bombaazanen | ||||
References
[edit]- “bombaazan” 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