escar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably borrowed from Ligurian scaro; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐσχάριον (eskhárion). Cognate with Italian squero.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]escar m (plural escars)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From esca + -ar. Cognate with French escher.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]escar (first-person singular present esco, first-person singular preterite esquí, past participle escat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (fishing, transitive) to bait (a hook)
- Qui no esca, no pesca.
- He who doesn't bait the hook doesn't fish.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of escar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive | escar | ||||||
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gerund | escant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | escat | escada | |||||
plural | escats | escades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | esco | esques | esca | esquem | esqueu | esquen | |
imperfect | escava | escaves | escava | escàvem | escàveu | escaven | |
future | escaré | escaràs | escarà | escarem | escareu | escaran | |
preterite | esquí | escares | escà | escàrem | escàreu | escaren | |
conditional | escaria | escaries | escaria | escaríem | escaríeu | escarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | esqui | esquis | esqui | esquem | esqueu | esquin | |
imperfect | esqués | esquessis | esqués | esquéssim | esquéssiu | esquessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | esca | esqui | esquem | esqueu | esquin | |
negative (no) | — | no esquis | no esqui | no esquem | no esqueu | no esquin |
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]escar m (plural escars)
Further reading
[edit]- “escar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]escar m (plural eskerens)
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