trinkhan
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- trinkan (Thirteen Communities)
Etymology
From Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with German trinken, Dutch drinken, English drink, Icelandic drekka.
Verb
trinkhan (strong class 3 , third-person singular present indicative trinkhet, past participle gatrunkhet, auxiliary haban)
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of trinkhan – Sette Comuni dialect
| infinitive | trinkhan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | trinkhanten | ||||
| past participle | gatrunkhet | ||||
| auxiliary | haban | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich trinkhe | bar trinkhan | i | ich trinkhe | bar trinkhan |
| du trinkhest | iart trinkhet | du trinkhest | iart trinkhet | ||
| ear trinkhet | ze trinkhent | ear trinkhe | ze trinkhan | ||
| preterite (composed) | ich han gatrunkhet | bar haban gatrunkhet | ii | ich trinkhate, trinkhétete | bar trinkhatan, trinkhétetan |
| du hast gatrunkhet | iart habet gatrunkhet | du trinkhatest, trinkhétetest | iart trinkhatet, trinkhétetet | ||
| ear hat gatrunkhet | ze habent gatrunkhet | ear trinkhate, trinkhétete | ze trinkhatan, trinkhétetan | ||
| imperative | — | trinkhabar | |||
| trinkh (du) | trinkhet (iart) | ||||
| trinkhe (ear) | trinkhan (ze) | ||||
References
- “trinkhan” 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
- “trinkhan” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien