pridicari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• predicari

Etymology

From Latin praedicō, praedicāre. Compare Italian predicare.

Verb

pridicari (past participle pridicatu)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to preach

   pridicari ad un ortu di càvuli ― to talk to a brick wall (literally, “to preach to a cabbage garden”)

   pridicari a li vanchi ― to talk to oneself, to the wind (literally, “to preach to desks”)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of pridicari (first conjugation)

infinitive		pridicari
gerund		pridicannu
past participle		pridicatu
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	prèdicu	prèdichi	prèdica	pridicamu	pridicati	prèdicanu
imperfect	pridicavu	pridicavi	pridicava	pridicàvamu	pridicàvavu	pridicàvanu
preterite	pridicai	pridicasti	pridicau, pridicò	pridicammu	pridicàstivu	pridicaru
present perfect	Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect	Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	prèdicu	prèdichi	prèdica	pridicamu	pridicati	prèdicanu
imperfect	pridicassi	pridicassi	pridicassi	pridicàssimu	pridicàssivu	pridicàssiru
present perfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative	–	tu	vossìa	nuàutri	vuàutri	–
	—	prèdica	pridicassi	pridicamu	pridicati	—

Descendants

• → Maltese: pprietka

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “pridicari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3182
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “pridicari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, pages 156–157