hòotar
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German heiter, from Old High German heitar, from Proto-West Germanic *haidr, from Proto-Germanic *haidraz (“clear, bright”). Cognate with German heiter.
Adjective
hòotar (comparative hòotaror, superlative dar hòotarorste)
- (Sette Comuni) clear
- Prèchtabar hòotar. ― Let's speak clearly.
- hòotar zobìa bassar 'me prönnen ― clear as springwater
- Dar hümmel ist hòotar. ― The sky is clear.
Declension
Positive forms of hòotar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist hòotar | zi ist hòotar | is ist hòotar | ze zèint hòotar | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hòotare | de hòotara | 's hòotare | de hòotaren |
| accusative | in hòotaren | de hòotara | 's hòotare | de hòotaren | |
| dative | me hòotaren | dar hòotaren | me hòotaren | in hòotaren | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hòotarar | an hòotara | an hòotares | (khòone) hòotaren |
| accusative | an hòotaren | an hòotara | an hòotares | (khòone) hòotaren | |
| dative | aname hòotaren | anara hòotaren | aname hòotaren | (khòonen) hòotaren | |
| without article | nominative | hòotare | |||
| accusative | hòotare | ||||
| dative | hòotaren | ||||
Comparative forms of hòotar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist hòotaror | zi ist hòotaror | is ist hòotaror | ze zèint hòotaror | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hòotarore | de hòotarora | 's hòotarore | de hòotarorn |
| accusative | in hòotarorn | de hòotarora | 's hòotarore | de hòotarorn | |
| dative | me hòotarorn | dar hòotarorn | me hòotarorn | in hòotarorn | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hòotarorar | an hòotarora | an hòotarors | (khòone) hòotarorn |
| accusative | an hòotarorn | an hòotarora | an hòotarors | (khòone) hòotarorn | |
| dative | aname hòotarorn | anara hòotarorn | aname hòotarorn | (khòonen) hòotarorn | |
| without article | nominative | hòotarore | |||
| accusative | hòotarore | ||||
| dative | hòotarorn | ||||
Superlative forms of hòotar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist dar hòotarorste | zi ist dar hòotarorsta | is ist dar hòotarorste | ze zèint dar hòotarorste | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hòotarorste | de hòotarorsta | 's hòotarorste | de hòotarorsten |
| accusative | in hòotarorsten | de hòotarorsta | 's hòotarorste | de hòotarorsten | |
| dative | me hòotarorsten | dar hòotarorsten | me hòotarorsten | in hòotarorsten | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hòotarorstar | an hòotarorsta | an hòotarorstes | (khòone) hòotarorsten |
| accusative | an hòotarorsten | an hòotarorsta | an hòotarorstes | (khòone) hòotarorsten | |
| dative | aname hòotarorsten | anara hòotarorsten | aname hòotarorsten | (khòonen) hòotarorsten | |
| without article | nominative | hòotarorste | |||
| accusative | hòotarorste | ||||
| dative | hòotarorsten | ||||
Further reading
- “hòotar” 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