gvera

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian guerra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwêrḁ/

Noun

gvera f

1. war
   • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:

     Alora pa, ka biša gvera, ka pa je rivala kurta nasa ova gvera, mi, tuna žene aš ljuda, te ljuda veča… ka bihu veča zdrave – nò? mahu sa po hranit.

     Well then, during the war, when this war came close to us, we, all the women and men, the men (who were) more… who were healthier – you know? had to hide themselves.

Declension

Declension of gvera (series-2a fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gvera	gvere
genitive	gvere	gveri
dative	gveru	gveri
accusative	gveru	gvere
locative	gveru	gvere
instrumental	gverom	gveri

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).