prisirvari
Sicilian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin praeservō.
Verb
[edit]prisirvari
- to preserve, conserve
- 2017, Gaetano Cipolli, Arba Sicula XXXVIII, St. John's University, page 8
- ARBA SICULA, prima di tuttu, la riflissioni in ritardu, di na nicissità sintuta di na cumunità etnica stabiluta nni li Stati Uniti d’America pi difiniri, prisirvari e diffunniri la nostra antica eredità p’assicurari la so vera supravvivenza.
- ARBA SICULA is, above all else, the overdue reflection of a felt need by an established ethnic community of the United States of America to define, preserve and disseminate our ancient heritage in order to assure its undistorted survival.
- 2017, Gaetano Cipolli, Arba Sicula XXXVIII, St. John's University, page 8
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of prisirvari (first conjugation)
| infinitive | prisirvari | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | prisirvannu | ||||||
| past participle | prisirvatu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | prisirvu | prisirvi | prisirva | prisirvamu | prisirvati | prisìrvanu, prisìrvunu | |
| imperfect | prisirvava, prisirvavu | prisirvavi | prisirvava | prisirvàvamu | prisirvàvavu | prisirvàvanu, prisirvàvunu | |
| preterite | prisirvai | prisirvasti | prisirvau, prisirvò | prisirvammu, prisirvamu | prisirvàstivu | prisirvàrunu, prisirvaru | |
| future1 | prisirvirò, prisirvirogghiu | prisirvirai | prisirvirà | prisirviremu | prisirvireti, prisirviriti | prisirvirannu | |
| 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 | ||||||
| conditional present | prisirvirìa | prisirvirissi | prisirvirìa | prisirvirìamu | prisirvirìavu | prisirvirìanu | |
| conditional past | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | prisirvu | prisirvi | prisirva | prisirvamu | prisirvati | prisìrvanu, prisìrvunu | |
| imperfect | prisirvassi | prisirvassi | prisirvassi | prisirvàssimu | prisirvàssivu | prisirvàssiru | |
| present perfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | vossìa | nuàutri | vuàutri | – | |
| — | prisirva | prisirvassi | prisirvamu | prisirvati | — | ||
| 1disused | |||||||