pellucar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pellicar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre (“remove hair”). The regular outcome in Catalan would have been *pelucar; the ⟨ll⟩ /ʎ/ was taken from pell (“skin, pelt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ʎuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ʎuˈkaɾ]

Verb

pellucar (first-person singular present pelluco, first-person singular preterite pelluquí, past participle pellucat)

1. (transitive) to pick at (food), to nibble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pellucar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			pellucar
gerund			pellucant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pellucat		pellucada
		plural		pellucats		pellucades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pelluco	pelluques	pelluca	pelluquem	pelluqueu	pelluquen
	imperfect	pellucava	pellucaves	pellucava	pellucàvem	pellucàveu	pellucaven
	future	pellucaré	pellucaràs	pellucarà	pellucarem	pellucareu	pellucaran
	preterite	pelluquí	pellucares	pellucà	pellucàrem	pellucàreu	pellucaren
	conditional	pellucaria	pellucaries	pellucaria	pellucaríem	pellucaríeu	pellucarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pelluqui	pelluquis	pelluqui	pelluquem	pelluqueu	pelluquin
	imperfect	pelluqués	pelluquessis	pelluqués	pelluquéssim	pelluquéssiu	pelluquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pelluca	pelluqui	pelluquem	pelluqueu	pelluquin
	negative (no)	—	no pelluquis	no pelluqui	no pelluquem	no pelluqueu	no pelluquin

Derived terms

• pellucalles

 

Related terms

• espellucar
• pelar

References

• “pellucar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “pellucar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.