fiistag

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• fintzta, funftak

Etymology

From Middle High German phinztac, a partial calque of Ancient Greek πέμπτη ἡμέρα (pémptē hēméra, “fifth day”): phinz- (from πέμπτη (pémptē)) + tac (“day”). Cognate with German Pfinztag.

Noun

fiistag m (plural fiistaaghe)

1. (Sette Comuni) Thursday

   Dar fiistag khimmet bóar me braitighe. ― Thursday comes before Friday.

Declension

Declension of fiistag – 1st declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	fiistag	de	fiistaaghe
accusative	an	in	fiistag	de	fiistaaghe
dative	aname	me	fiistaaghe	in	fiistaaghen

See also

• days of the week (Sette Comuni dialect): taaghe dar bòchen (appendix): méentag · èrtag · mittog · fiistag · braitag · zaastag · zuntag ^[edit]

References

• “fiistag” 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
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien