silbar
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar. Cognate with German Silber, English silver.
Noun
silbar n
- (Luserna) silver
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Old High German
Alternative forms
- silabar
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *silubr, whence also Old English seolfor, Old Norse silfr.
Noun
silbar n
- silver
Derived terms
- silabarling
- silabarsmid
- quecsilbar
Descendants
- Middle High German: silber
- Bavarian: Süwa, Suiba
- Cimbrian: silbar
- Mòcheno: silber
- German: Silber
- Kölsch: Seleve
- Luxembourgish: Sëlwer
- Pennsylvania German: Silwer
- Vilamovian: zyłwer
- Yiddish: זילבער (zilber)
- Bavarian: Süwa, Suiba
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sībĭlāre, with syncope of /ĭ/ and metathesis of /l/. Doublet of chiflar, which came through a Vulgar Latin variant form. Cognate with English sibilate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silˈbaɾ/ [silˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sil‧bar
Verb
silbar (first-person singular present silbo, first-person singular preterite silbé, past participle silbado)
- (intransitive) to whistle
Conjugation
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no silbes | no silbe | no silbemos | no silbéis | no silben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Related terms
- silbato
- silbido
- sibilante
Further reading
- “silbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014